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    The Grand Ballon or Great Belchen (German: Großer Belchen; Alsatian: Grosser Belchen) is the highest mountain of the Vosges, located 25 kilometres (16 mi)...
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  • Look up Ballon or ballon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ballon may refer to: Ballon, County Carlow, Ireland, a village Grand Ballon, the apex of the...
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    The Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual football award presented by French magazine France Football since...
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    The Col du Grand Ballon (elevation 1,343 m (4,406 ft)) is a mountain pass situated close to the summit of the Grand Ballon (1,424 m (4,672 ft)) in the...
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    Vosges (category Mountain ranges of Grand Est)
    line), and forms the western boundary of the Upper Rhine Plain. The Grand Ballon is the highest peak at 1,424 m (4,672 ft), followed by the Storkenkopf...
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    territory during WWII Famous mountains: Massif du Donon, Grand Ballon, Petit Ballon, Ballon d'Alsace, Hohneck, Hartmannswillerkopf National park: Parc...
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    Belchen Belchenflue, or Swiss Belchen Ballon d'Alsace, or Alsatian Belchen Grand Ballon, or Great Belchen Petit Ballon, or Little Belchen The heart of the...
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    bequeathed his large fortune for the endowment of scientific research... Grand ballon captif a vapeur, de M. Henry Giffard [text], Typographie P. Mouillot...
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    Mountains. It is located in the French region of Alsace, close to the Grand Ballon. In German and in Alsatian Storkenkopf means "storks' head". The mountain...
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    363 m (4,472 ft) the third highest summit of the Vosges Mountains (after Grand Ballon [1,424 m; 4,672 ft] and Storkenkopf [1,366 m; 4,482 ft]) and the highest...
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    Ballon (French pronunciation: [lak dy balɔ̃]) is a reservoir in Haut-Rhin, France situated in a side valley of florival, on the slope of Grand Ballon...
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    Route des Crêtes (category Transport in Grand Est)
    excess of 950 m (3,117 ft), with the highest point being at the Col du Grand Ballon (1,343 m (4,406 ft)). The road is generally open from April to November...
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  • 6.61194°E / 46.18972; 6.61194 Alps Savoy Prealps - Chablais Alps 27 Grand Ballon 1,424 4,672 1,072 3,517 47°54′04″N 07°05′53″E / 47.90111°N 7.09806°E...
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    subalpine zone extending beyond that. The latter's highest point is the Grand Ballon, which reaches 1,424 meters. The diverse environmental conditions, including...
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    will appear to defy the laws of physics when ballon is exhibited effectively. For example, during a grand jeté, the dancer may appear to hover in the air...
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    The Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges) is a protected area of woodland, pasture, wetland, farmland...
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    set of cross-country skiing with the Breitfirst ski-station and the Grand Ballon. The highest point is the summit of the Jungfraukopf. The station staged...
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    monastery in Murbach, southern Alsace, in a valley at the foot of the Grand Ballon in the Vosges. The monastery was founded in 727 by Eberhard, Count of...
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    (1875) Simples notions sur les ballons (1876) A history and handbook of photography (La photographie, 1873) Le Grand Ballon captif à vapeur de M. Henry Giffard...
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  • Vélizy-Villacoublay 2001 Grand Bateau office building in Düsseldorf, Germany 1995-1998 Grand Ballon observatory, on top of the Grand Ballon, the highest point...
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    The Grand Ballon, highest peak of the North French Highlands, in the Alsatian part of the Vosges...
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    Communauté de communes du Centre Haut-Rhin and of the Pays Rhin-Vignoble-Grand Ballon. Communes of the Haut-Rhin département "Répertoire national des élus:...
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  • WMRA Mountain Running Grand Prix. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-24. Teklay and Belotti looking to retain Grand Ballon titles in second leg of...
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    Humphries scored the most 180s at the event (73), winning the inaugural Ballon d'Art trophy for the achievement. Steve Beaton made a record-extending 33rd...
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    Cristiano Ronaldo (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    accolades won throughout his professional footballing career, such as five Ballon d'Or awards, a record three UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards, four European...
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    The Col du Ballon d'Alsace (1,178 m (3,865 ft)) is a mountain pass situated close to the summit of the Ballon d'Alsace (1,247 m (4,091 ft)) in the Vosges...
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    côté ( ) Près de toi (Close To You) Non, non-jamais (No, Not Ever) Mon grand ballon jaune (My Big, Yellow Balloon) Sous la pluie (In the rain) Si heureux...
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  • cross-country skiing Girmont-Val-d'Ajol: 40 km of cross-country skiing Le Grand Ballon: 5 ski lifts, 6 ski slopes, 7 km of cross-country skiing Le Haut-du-Tôt:...
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    York Legislative Documents (in French). p. 77. Retrieved January 29, 2019. Ballon, H.; McGrath, N.; Taylor, M. (2002). New York's Pennsylvania Stations. Norton...
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    Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    include being named FIFA World Player of the Year three times and winning two Ballon d'Or awards. Ronaldo started his career at Cruzeiro and moved to PSV in...
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