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    The Route des Grandes Alpes is a tourist itinerary through the French Alps between Lake Geneva and the French Riviera passing over all the high passes...
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    Col de l'Iseran (category Mountain passes of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
    Italy, and is crossed by the D902 roadway. The pass is part of the Route des Grandes Alpes. It connects the valley of the Isère (Tarentaise) and the valley...
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    between Geneva and Chamonix. Either way one follows the D902, Route des Grandes Alpes, to Morzine and then the D338 running from Morzine to Avoriaz....
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    winter snow which is visible from the coast. From the west, the Route des Grandes Alpes enters the Cayolle Pass (2,326 metres, 7,631 ft) first on the way...
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    Alpes-de-Haute-Provence or sometimes abbreviated as AHP, formerly until 1970 known as Bas-Alpes (French pronunciation: [alp də ot pʁɔvɑ̃s] ; Occitan:...
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    Alpes–Isère Airport (formerly Grenoble-Isère Airport) or Aéroport Alpes–Isère (IATA: GNB, ICAO: LFLS), is an international airport serving Grenoble which...
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    Rhône-Alpes is a French theme park located in the commune of Les Avenières, in the Isère department. It is the largest theme park in the Rhône-Alpes region...
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    it was the highest mountain in France. The Barre des Écrins is the highest peak in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region including all of Occitania and...
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    subprefecture of the Savoie department, in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (formerly Rhône-Alpes), in southeastern France. It lies in the Maurienne, the valley...
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    Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is part of the Grandes Rousses massif, over the Oisans, and is 59 km (37 mi) from Grenoble. The Alpe d'Huez resort is...
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    Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. UNESCO cites the routes' role in "religious and cultural exchange", the development of "specialized edifices" along the routes, and...
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    Chrono des Nations Juniors 4th La Classique des Alpes Juniors 2019 National Junior Championships 1st Road race 3rd Time trial 6th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland...
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    6th Trophée des Grimpeurs 7th Tour de Vendée 1993 1st Overall Tour d'Armorique 1st Stage 1 1st Route Adélie de Vitré 3rd Classique des Alpes 1994 4th Overall...
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    the north, the Grandes Rousses massif of the Alps and the Croix de Fer pass to the east, the Drac valley to the west and the Barre des Écrins and the...
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    between the départements of Var to the south and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence to the north in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région. This region between Castellane...
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    Liège–Bastogne–Liège 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 3 2021 (2) 2nd Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var 1st Stage 2 3rd Giro dell'Emilia 4th La Flèche Wallonne...
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    La Turbie (category Communes of Alpes-Maritimes)
    Cap-d'Ail on the coast or the Grand Corniche. Within the town is the Trophy of Augustus, also known as the Trophée des Alpes. A limestone outcrop above La...
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    Massif du Mercantour-Argentera (category Geography of Alpes-Maritimes)
    in the Maritime Alps located astride the French departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the Italian region of Piedmont. The name...
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    Meije (category Mountains of Hautes-Alpes)
    La Meije is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins range, located at the border of the Hautes-Alpes and Isère départements. It overlooks the nearby village...
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    DIREN Rhône-Alpes (in French) Watersheds of the Volane, the Dorne, and the Bézorgues: No. 0708[permanent dead link], DIREN Rhône-Alpes (in French) Wikimedia...
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    as La Voie des Trois Mont Blancs or just La Traversée, is a long route, graded at PD+ which starts from the Cosmiques Hut. This popular route is less exposed...
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    Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var 1st Mountains classification 9th Overall Tour de France 2024 (1) 1st Tour du Jura 3rd Classic Grand Besançon Doubs...
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    of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and includes the departments of Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, as well as parts of Alpes-Maritimes and...
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    royale du toit des Alpes!". Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019. "Passage de la crevasse sur l'arête des Bosses ". Archived...
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    Digne-les-Bains (category Alpes-de-Haute-Provence communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia)
    the Mistralian norm), is the prefecture of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. As of...
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    Savoie (category Departments of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
    2016. It was previously part of Rhône-Alpes. It borders the departments of Haute-Savoie, Ain, Isère and Hautes-Alpes in addition to the Aosta Valley and...
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    Thierry Tillet: Migrations et gestions saisonnières des Alpes aux temps préhistoriques, in: Histoire des Alpes 3 (1998), pp. 91–105; Noël Coulet: Vom 13. bis...
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    Népal, L'Écho des Alpes, 1914, p. 389-406 À l'assaut des plus hauts sommets du monde, L'Écho des Alpes, 1921, p. 337-350 Les grottes des Dentaux, Bulletin...
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    Saint-Priest - Porte des Alpes. Debourg ENS Lyon Halle Tony Garnier Musée des Confluences Hôtel de Région–Montrochet Sainte-Blandine Place des Archives Perrache...
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    Hippolyte Müller (category Academic staff of Grenoble Alpes University)
    situated at 2,100 metres in the Col de Lautaret (Hautes-Alpes). Located along the Route des Grandes Alpes, the Col de Lautaret was renowned for its alpine tourism...
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