Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (French pronunciation: [ʃamɔni mɔ̃ blɑ̃]; Arpitan: Chamôni-Mont-Blanc), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (Chamôni), is a commune...

Chambéry. On 17 February 1800, five cantons (Chamonix, Saint-Gervais, Megève, Flumet and Sallanches) including the Mont Blanc were transferred to the neighbouring...

the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps, close to the Swiss border, it receives water from the many glaciers of the Chamonix valley (mainly the Mer de Glace)...

Switzerland: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Les Contamines-Montjoie Les Houches Passy Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Servoz Vallorcine The canton of Le Mont-Blanc was created...

located just west of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the larger canton of Le Mont-Blanc. Les Houches, located 6 kilometres from Chamonix, is a ski resort with...

Mont Blanc's new height!". chamonix.net. Retrieved 19 September 2020. "Fiche Question". IGN Map of France (1986). St-Gervais-les-Bains - Mont Blanc (Sheet...

Today, the pass is an important link to the tourist areas around the Mont Blanc. There is a restaurant and shop at the pass, and it is a popular destination...

important are the Col de la Forclaz (which connects Chamonix to the canton of Valais) and the Mont Blanc Tunnel, linking Chamonix to Courmayeur in the...

It runs from the Alps in the north, a region in which it passes over Mont Blanc, down to the Mediterranean coast in the south. Three national parks are...

Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Communauté de communes de la Vallée Verte Communauté de communes des Vallées de Thônes BANATIC, Périmètre...

north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel and the Great St Bernard Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier...

was conquered by France. Annecy became attached to the department of Mont Blanc, whose capital was Chambéry. The Catholic diocese was suppressed in 1801...

of Gaillard which is adjacent to Geneva; and ends at Chamonix, at the French side of the Mont Blanc Tunnel. It is also nicknamed the Route blanche (white...

valleys of Mégève, Montjoie, and Chamonix. This also describes the region of "Mont Blanc country" (Pays du Mont Blanc.) Some consider the upper valley...

Matterhorn Cervin, Dom, Dent Blanche, Dent d'Hérens, Grand Combin and Mont Blanc massif. It is part of the "Four Valleys" ("4 Vallées") ski area, which...

Combloux is located 4 km (2.5 mi) from Megève and 30 km (19 mi) from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. Before Combloux became a skiing resort, it was a traditional mountainous...

Lebanon and Jordan) Centro de Humanidades, NOVA FCSH Cham (novel), by British writer Jonathan Trigell set in Chamonix Mont Blanc Cham Bank, a Syrian bank...

The key col is the Fenêtre de Saleina (3,261 m). Institut géographique national (1984). 3630 ouest chamonix-mont-blanc (Map) (2 ed.). 1:25,000 (in French)...

students. On 12 June 1897, after cycling from Martigny to Chamonix with two friends, he climbed Mont Blanc for the first time, without a mountain guide. A few...

in south-eastern France. Located on the Italian border south of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, it had a population of 7,252 as of 2018. It serves as a transport...

Contamines-Montjoie is situated in between the well known resorts of Chamonix and Megève, it is close to Mont Blanc which means that it is used for both mountain climbing...

flooding. St Gervais les Bains (also referred to as St Gervais or St Gervais Mont Blanc) is a traditional French market and spa town, not a recently purpose built...

and Conseiller Général of the canton of Saint-Gervais, later Conseiller Départemental of the newly formed canton Mont-Blanc in the department of Haute-Savoie...

of the departments of Mont-Blanc (northern Savoy) and Ain (around Gex). Its territory corresponded with the present Swiss canton of Geneva and parts of...

French holiday resort of Chamonix is accessible from Martigny in one-and-a-half hours using the narrow-gauge tracks of the "Mont Blanc Express".[citation needed]...

significantly high altitude. In the 18th century four Chamonix men almost made the summit of Mont Blanc but were overcome by altitude sickness and snowblindness...

[update] the following services stop at Le Châtelard-Frontière: Regio Mont-Blanc Express: hourly service between Martigny and Vallorcine. Eisenbahnatlas...

more than 3,000 residents. The town is well known as a ski resort near Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Conceived in the 1920s as a French alternative to...

at the foot of Mont Dolent (3,823 m) and the Tour Noir (3,836m) in the Mont Blanc massif. La Fouly is a starting point for many hikes into the surrounding...

pass between the canton of Valais and the Aosta Valley (2,537 metres (8,323 ft)). It is crossed by the route of the Tour du Mont Blanc. Close to it stands...