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    The Ballon d'Alsace (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dalzas]; German: Elsässer Belchen, pronounced [ˈɛlzɛsɐ ˈbɛlçn̩]) (el. 1247 m.), sometimes also called...
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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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    Ballon (Kahler Wasen or Kleiner Belchen) 1,272 m (4,173 ft) Ballon d'Alsace (Elsässer Belchen) 1,247 m (4,091 ft) Brézouard 1,229 m (4,032 ft) Ballon...
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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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    approaching the Vosges Mountains from the southwest. Its neighbor, the Ballon d'Alsace, only surpasses it by 31 meters. The summit area is occupied by a small...
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    river running through the Territoire de Belfort. Its source is in the Ballon d'Alsace at 1190m altitude. From here, it runs through the city of Belfort to...
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    Grand Ballon is also used by amateur cyclists on the "Trois Ballons" sportive ride held in June (together with the climbs over the Ballon d'Alsace and the...
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    is located approximately 16 km (10 mi) south from the base of the Ballon d'Alsace mountain range, source of the Savoureuse. The city of Belfort has 46...
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    territory during WWII Famous mountains: Massif du Donon, Grand Ballon, Petit Ballon, Ballon d'Alsace, Hohneck, Hartmannswillerkopf National park: Parc naturel...
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    1914–1918: I Le Ballon d'Alsace, le Vieil-Armand, la Route des Crêtes [Alsace and the Battles of the Vosges 1914–1918: I The Ballon d'Alsace, the Vieil-Armand...
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    the finest climber of the Tour. In the 1905 race he was first up the Ballon d'Alsace but lost the lead to Hippolyte Aucouturier after nails punctured his...
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    the Cevennes mountains and the final 250 km end on the top of the Ballon d'Alsace, Alsace, northern France; here it meets E5. The Spanish GR 7 is 1900 km...
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    Dudelange, near Luxembourg (L) Liverdun, near Nancy (F) Donon (F) Ballon d'Alsace (F) La Cluse, near Pontarlier (F) Les Rousses (F) Lake Geneva (F) /...
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    July 2015. Delanoë, Régis (20 June 2014). "Morgan Schneiderlin, le ballon d'Alsace" [Morgan Schneiderlin, the Alsace Balloon]. SO FOOT.com (in French)...
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  • France. His best known work is the monument to the dead deminers of the Ballon d'Alsace. Joseph Rivière was born in Tours on 5 April 1912. His father was Michel...
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    the Grand Ballon to the Swiss Alps. In the forground the Memorial Diables Bleus 360° panorama from the summit - 7 January 2006 Ballon d'Alsace Chevrier...
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    name Le Ballon - Territoire de musiques, named after the nearby Ballon d'Alsace. The festival was organised to take place on the Ballon d'Alsace, but the...
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    rest of France. Mulhouse town hall Colmar Riquewihr View from the Ballon d'Alsace Hunawihr and Alsatian vineyards Alsatian language Cantons of the Haut-Rhin...
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    GR 6 Saint-Véran • Tarascon • Forcalquier • Conques • Langon GR 7 Ballon d'Alsace • Dijon • Saint-Étienne • Lodève • Andorre-la-Vieille GR 8 Saint-Brevin-les-Pins...
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    d'outre-manche". www.estrepublicain.fr. Retrieved 2015-10-28. "Le grand hôtel du ballon d'Alsace Lalloz Martzloff - L'auteur". didier.lalloz.free.fr. Retrieved 2015-10-28...
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    above sea level on the Col de Bussang on the western slopes of the Ballon d'Alsace in the Vosges. After 544 km (338 mi) it discharges into the Rhine at...
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    the Alps and the Massif Central. However, it is only observed in the Ballon d'Alsace region. In the forest environment and tall herb communities, one may...
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    Alsace on the final stage in July with a stage victory atop the Col du Ballon d'Alsace. He then won two stages at the Tour de l'Ain in August, including the...
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    The source of the Doller is in the Vosges Mountains, east of the Ballon d'Alsace, at 940 metres (3,080 ft) elevation. It flows generally east, through...
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    Stage 18 was the final mountain stage and included a rare climb up the Ballon d'Alsace, which was a popular stage early in TDF history but hadn't been included...
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  • la Schlucht (1,139 m) Category 2 – Col du Grand Ballon (1,338 m) Category 1 – Col du Ballon d'Alsace (1,171m) Category 1 – Cormet de Roselend (1,968 m)...
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    du Grand Bois, at the edge of St-Etienne. The first major climb—the Ballon d'Alsace (1,178 m (3,865 ft)) in the Vosges — was featured in the 1905 race...
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    is in Haut-du-Them-Château-Lambert in the Vosges Mountains near the Ballon d'Alsace. Its length is 214 km (133 mi) and its basin area is 2,308 km2 (891 sq mi)...
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    Upper Rhine Graben, can be seen the entire Vosges range, from the Ballon d'Alsace to Mont Donon and Mont Sainte-Odile. Beyond that the southern Palatinate...
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  • cross-country skiing Val Louron: 10 ski lifts, 15 km of cross-country skiing Ballon d'Alsace: 11 ski lifts, 14 ski slopes, 45 km of cross-country skiing Brabant...
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