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    éd ed.). Montmélian: La Fontaine de Siloé. ISBN 2-84206-307-4. OCLC 421126700. "Le col des Saisies dans le Tour de France". www.ledicodutour.com. Retrieved...
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    "Le col des Aravis le Tour de France depuis 1947". www.ledicodutour.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-08. Col des Aravis on Google Maps (Tour de France...
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    west side of the pass lies the Lac de Roselend, a reservoir that can be reached by the Col de Méraillet or the Col du Pré. On the north-western side,...
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    8 mi) long. Its tributaries are: Brevon de Saxel (confluence at Boëge) Le Foron de Fillinges (confluence at Bonne), Ruisseau du Nantet (confluence at Vétraz-Montoux)...
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    he abandoned a Grand Tour. 17 September 2020 – Méribel to La Roche-sur-Foron, 175 km (109 mi) With the stage featuring the shortest distance to the intermediate...
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    des Glières, pronounced [plato de ɡlijɛʁ]) is a limestone plateau in the Bornes Massif, distant from La Roche-sur-Foron and Thorens-Glières by 29 km and...
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    Saint-Auban–Digne Aix-les-Bains-Le Revard–Annemasse (via Annecy and La Roche-sur-Foron) Ligne du Haut-Bugey (Bourg-en-Bresse–Bellegarde) Collonges-Fort-l'Écluse...
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    fight amongst themselves for the stage win on the upcoming Port de Balès and Col de Peyresourde. Nans Peters and Ilnur Zakarin had the strongest legs...
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    church. Cirque de Sixt Fer a Cheval (37km) [Map] Yvoire (27km) Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (32km) Voltaire Chateau (25km) [Map] La Roche-sur-Foron (9km) [Map] Sallanches...
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    Morzine has hosted Tour de France stage finishes on several occasions, thanks in part to the proximity of the notoriously steep Col de Joux-Plane climb. Morzine...
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    Rodrigo Rodriguiz meyrino mayor del Rey eno Regno de Leon et en Asturias, osque presentes foron Suer Lopez prior testis, Pay Martiniz Suprior testis...
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    standard gauge SNCF line from Aix-les-Bains via Annecy and La Roche-sur-Foron (including TGVs from Paris in the winter); and the Mont Blanc tramway (TMB)...
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    shops. The Tour de France tends to pass through La Clusaz every few years, often ending in Le Grand Bornand after the tough climb up Col des Aravis. It's...
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    to mouth: Arveyron, Diosaz, Bon-Nant, Sallanche, Giffre, Borne, Menoge, Foron, Seymaz and Aire. the river Arve in a period of floodings as it joins the...
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    through the Col des Fleuries and continuing the descent through La Roche-sur-Foron, before turning east. After reaching the valley floor and passing through...
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    mountaineer. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Nobel Prize for Physics, came to study and teach at the Physics School of Les Houches (l'École de Physique des Houches)...
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    Situated at the foot of the Col de la Colombière and is known as one of the most picturesque regions of the Savoyard Pre-Alps. The Foron River runs through the...
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  • started in Avignon and finished in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse. The race was won by Luis Herrera of the Café de Colombia team. Fourteen teams, containing a...
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    Information". Holiday in Alps. Retrieved 30 July 2018. Tian, de Oriane (2019-04-24). "De nouveaux investissements à Saint-Gervais". Saint-Gervais domaine...
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    another road had to be built by the Col de la Cayolle to reach Barcelonnette. The route from Nice to the Pont de la Mescla was integrated into the RN202...
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    Comité de préservation du village des Houches – Dossier publié le 12/05/2004[permanent dead link] (PDF) Site de l'association de défense des usagers de l'A40...
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  • Thumbnail for Réseau Ferré National (France)
    chemin de fer de Grande Ceinture et de Petite Ceinture and the two national administrations, chemins de fer d'Alsace-Lorraine (AL) and chemins de fer de l'État...
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    chapel in Le Bérouze was originally built at the mountain pass known as "Col de Couz", but it was badly damaged during an invasion by Swiss troops in 1476...
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    section is the name given to the section of runs on the other side of the Col du Joly in the Val Joly (rather than the Val Montjoie). The run difficulty...
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  • to 15 kV 16+2⁄3 Hz. France Aix-les-Bains – La Roche-sur-Foron Société Nationale des Chemins de fer (SNCF) Operated 1950–1953. Converted to 25 kV 50 Hz...
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    used by many paragliders, usually after they've taken off from the nearby Col de la Forclaz. Communes of the Haute-Savoie department "Répertoire national...
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    the first chair lift on Mont Chéry in 1954. Les Gets is situated on the col between Taninges and Morzine, at the western edge of the Portes du Soleil...
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    France. Vallorcine is located in the Valley of the L'Eau Noire between the Col des Montets and the Swiss border. It is the terminus of the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine...
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    Mont-Louis after 1652, now Père Lachaise Cemetery Jesuit college in La Roche-sur-Foron, Savoy (1628–1712), now médiathèque Royal college in La Rochelle (1629–1762)...
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    Saint-Jorioz Commune The town seen from the Col de la Cochette Coat of arms Location of Saint-Jorioz Saint-Jorioz Show map of France Saint-Jorioz Show...
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