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    Lac du Bourget (French: [lak dy buʁʒɛ]; English Lake Bourget), also locally known as Lac Gris ([lak gʁi]; English: Grey Lake) or Lac d'Aix ([lak d‿ɛ])...
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    Le Bourget-du-Lac (French pronunciation: [lə buʁʒɛ dy lak], literally Le Bourget of the Lake or Arpitan: Le Borgèt-du-Lèc[1]) is a commune in the Savoie...
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    shore of the largest natural lake of glacial origin in France, the Lac du Bourget, this resort is a major spa town; it has the largest freshwater marina...
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    Lake Annecy (redirect from Lac d'Annecy)
    river.: 958  It is the third-largest lake in France, after the Lac du Bourget and Lac de Grand-Lieu, if the French part of Lake Geneva, which is shared...
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    in Switzerland, and the location of the Alpine Biology Center Lac Pavin and Lac du Bourget in France The Black Sea – while not a lake – is also considered...
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  • département Le Bourget-du-Lac, Savoie département Bourget-en-Huile, Savoie département Villarodin-Bourget, Savoie département Le Bourget Airport, an airport...
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  • of the famous physicist Jacques Charles. The two planned to meet at Lac du Bourget in August 1817, but she died of tuberculosis. Lamartine returned to...
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    29 sq mi), making it the largest lake in France in winter, but second after Lac du Bourget in summer. The lake is classified as a Local Nature Reserve, and use...
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    Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It crosses the Mont du Chat in the Jura Mountains, overlooking Lac du Bourget opposite the town of Aix-les-Bains. Although it...
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    south-eastern France. It is situated near the northwestern shore of Lac du Bourget. It is home to a prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlement...
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    southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble in the south to the Lac du Bourget in the north. They are part of the French Prealps, which continue as...
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  • Created in 2017, its seat is in Aix-les-Bains. The name Grand Lac refers to the Lac du Bourget. Its area is 300.0 km2. Its population was 76,759 in 2019,...
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    vineyard slopes of the fr:Combe de Savoie almost to the shores of the Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake in France. The city is a major railway hub...
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    the Iseran pass. Its two main lakes are Lac du Bourget (the largest and deepest lake entirely in France) and Lac d'Aiguebelette, one of the least polluted...
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    from the summit is superb, either down the valley of the Rhône, the Lac du Bourget and the gorges of Val-de-Fier, or the distant peaks of the Alps. It...
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  • freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It was endemic to the Lac du Bourget in Savoie, France where it was pelagic in deep water. The maximum length...
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    Justice; Joconde. "Fin d'été en Savoie. Le lac du Bourget, notice complète" [Late summer in Savoy. Lac du Bourget, full description]. www.culture.gouv.fr...
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    Cath Palug is always localised nearby water, such as the lakes of Lac du Bourget and Lake Geneva in France, the sea in Wales. One story describes it...
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    Sulpicius in Bugey, Tamié Abbey in the Bauges, and Hautecombe Abbey on the Lac du Bourget. In 1128, Amadeus extended his realm, known as the "Old Chablais", by...
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    Échelles. To the north, the ridge becomes the Mont du Chat ridge along the western shore of the Lac du Bourget. At the southern end, the ridge terminates at...
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    into the Lake of Le Bourget in the city of Le Bourget-du-Lac. The total length of the river is 28.5 km (17.7 mi). The Lac du Bourget is drained by the Canal...
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    community which was founded about 1101 in a narrow valley (or combe) near Lake Bourget by hermits from Aulps Abbey, near Lake Geneva. In about 1125 it was transferred...
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    of Argenteuil. She is now a maritime store at Aix-les-Bains, on the Lac du Bourget. L'Almée is a yacht built in 1886 by the Chantiers de la Seine of Argenteuil...
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    the south, in Savoie, the Savoie Propre with the Savoyard Avant-Pays, Lac du Bourget and Combe de Savoie; and the Maurienne and Tarentaise Art and History...
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    lasts between two and four days, in mid-July, at the Esplanade of the Lac du Bourget. The festival's attendance has steadily increased, with about 75,000...
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    cool semi-arid climate (BSk) is found in the western part of the Bouches-du-Rhône area and the Roussillon plain of the Pyrénées-Orientales. Summers are...
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    du Lac d'Aix-les-Bains (the lake race track) was in and nearby the Lac du Bourget next to the French commune of Aix-les-Bains. Its length, 2,400 m (1...
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    after Lake Geneva (although partly in Switzerland), Lake Annecy and the Lac du Bourget. It has a maximum depth of 71 metres (233 ft). It is part of the Avant-Pays...
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    Dent du Chat (cat's tooth) is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Jura range. It has an elevation of 1,390 metres (4,560 ft) above sea level....
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  • France. Since 1995, the festival has been held on the banks of the Lac du Bourget in mountainous surroundings. Under the leadership of Cyril Huvé, Philippe...
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