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    Bessans is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is located in the valley of Maurienne and...
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    Ganges, Pézenas (nearby), Agde. The lower reaches of the Hérault, from Bessan to the sea at Agde, are navigable. The lowest 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) are...
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    Valmorel Les Menuires Val Thorens Les Saisies Savoie Grand Revard Bramans Bessans Valloire Hydrotherapy, practised in the region since antiquity, is also...
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    transport artery between France and Italy. Bonneval-sur-Arc Bessans Lanslevillard Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis Termignon Sollières-Sardières Bramans Avrieux Villarodin-Bourget...
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    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...
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    Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis is a commune, in Maurienne Valley, in Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Communes of...
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  • Cenis and Bonneval sur arc, the exclusive chocolate box ski resort And Bessans is an eldorado for cross country and biathlon on the highest altiplano...
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    small airstrip) Termignon Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Lanslevillard (the two villages form the resort Val Cenis) Bessans (popular area for cross-country skiing...
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    from the Graioceli Celtic tribe, which dwelled in the area surrounding the Mont Cenis pass and the Viù valley. Other sources claim that the name comes from...
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    east (dominated by Le Nivolet, upon which La Croix du Nivolet is found), Mont Granier (Chartreuse) and the Chaîne de Belledonne to the south, the Chaîne...
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    east of Lyon. The town is located in a corridor between the mountain of Mont Revard, the first natural rampart of the Massif des Bauges to the east and...
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    wine Some of these wines were referred to as Vins de Pays prior to 2009. Bessan Bérange Cassan Catalan wine Caux Cessnon Cévennes Côtes Catalanes Côtes...
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    Savoy and General Alfredo Guzzoni occupied the Petit-Saint-Bernard and the Mont-Cenis sectors. Against this force, 185,000 men of French General René Olry...
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    Savoie between the Vanoise massif to the north and between the Massif du Mont-Cenis [fr] and the Massif des Cerces to the south. Crossed by the Arc river...
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  • Aussois: 12 ski lifts, 23 ski slopes (55 km), 34 km of cross-country skiing Bessans: 4 ski lifts, 4 ski slopes (5 km), 80 km of cross-country skiing Bonneval...
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    economic activity within the commune is dominated by vineyards (Chateau Bessan, Chateau Clyde, Chateau de La Garosse, Chateau Plassan etc.). There are...
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    rock art in the communes of Termignon, Lanslebourg, Lanslevilalrd and Bessans, especially around the Grand roc noir rock carving site. The territory...
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    The altitude of the village is between 4 and 6 meters above sea level, the mont is a raised net peaking at more than 20 meters. This anomaly cannot receive...
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    La Chapelle-du-Mont-du-Chat (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl dy mɔ̃ dy ʃa]; Arpitan: La Shapèla) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes...
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    Albiez-le-Jeune (73012) Argentine (73019) Aussois (73023) Avrieux (73026) Bessans (73040) Bonneval-sur-Arc (73047) Bonvillaret (73049) La Chambre (73067)...
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    with France. Novalesa borders the following municipalities: Bessans (France), Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis (France), Mompantero, Moncenisio, Usseglio, and Venaus...
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    La Bauche Beaufort Bellecombe-en-Bauges Les Belleville Belmont-Tramonet Bessans Betton-Bettonet Billième La Biolle Bonneval-sur-Arc Bonvillard Bonvillaret...
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    Monspessulanus, is said to have stood for mont pelé (the naked hill, because the vegetation was poor), or le mont de la colline (the mount of the hill)....
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    La Bauche Beaufort Bellecombe-en-Bauges Les Belleville Belmont-Tramonet Bessans Betton-Bettonet Billième La Biolle Bonneval-sur-Arc Bonvillard Bonvillaret...
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  • Gorniès Arboretum du Mas du Rouquet, Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette Cactus Park, Bessan Jardin botanique de la Font de Bézombes, Saint-André-de-Sangonis Jardin...
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  • Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne: 103.8 MHz Modane: 103.6 MHz Bessans: 106.1 MHz Aussois: 105.6 MHz Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis: 97.2 MHz Le Châtelard: 88.8 MHz Ecole: 93...
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    40 km (25 mi) from Mont Cenis to the Col d'Étache. Their subsidiary objective called for them to break through the French forts at Bessans, Lanslebourg and...
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    2001, François Commeinhes is the mayor of the city. Built upon and around Mont St Clair, Sète is situated on the south-eastern end of the Étang de Thau...
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    Balaruc-les-Bains Balaruc-le-Vieux Bassan Beaufort Beaulieu Bédarieux Bélarga Berlou Bessan Bézierssubpr Boisseron Boisset La Boissière Le Bosc Boujan-sur-Libron Le...
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  • pass is closed during winter. The RD 902 continues in the Arc valley past Bessans and Bonneval-sur-Arc before turning north over the Col de l'Iseran (2764 m)...
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