The Mont Blanc tramway or Tramway du Mont-Blanc (TMB) is a mountain railway line in the Haute-Savoie department of France. It is the highest in France...
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line is operated by the Compagnie du Mont-Blanc [fr] which also manages the Mont Blanc Tramway and many ski lifts in the Mont Blanc region. The first section...
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Chamonix (redirect from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc)
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (French pronunciation: [ʃamɔni mɔ̃ blɑ̃]; Arpitan: Chamôni-Mont-Blanc), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (Chamôni), is a commune...
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The Mont Blanc massif (French: Massif du Mont-Blanc; Italian: Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and...
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(primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Official website of Compagnie du Mont-Blanc S.A., the cable car operator (in French) Site with pictures and...
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Compagnie des Alpes (Euronext Paris: CDA ) is a French company created in 1989 to operate many ski resorts in Europe. Compagnie des Alpes is a part of...
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Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line from the Swiss border, and the western terminus of the Mont Blanc Tramway. It is the southeastern terminus of the L3 line of the Léman Express...
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Goûter Hut (category Mont Blanc massif)
1864 local guides, from the Compagnie des guides de Saint-Gervais-Les Contamines lead clients to the summit of Mont Blanc via this itinerary, that also...
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The Thermes de Saint Gervais Mont-Blanc is a spa organized around thermal springs, located in the valley of the Arve, in the hamlet of Fayet, in the municipality...
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Venance Payot (section Youngest ascent of Mont Blanc)
range of early scientific literature relating to the mountains of the Mont Blanc massif and undertook some of the earliest continued measurements of the...
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Palluel-Guillard, André. "La Maison de Savoie" (in French). Conseil Savoie Mont Blanc. Retrieved 28 June 2018. Leguai, André (2005). "Agnès de Bourgogne, duchesse...
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Thames Ironworks, London (engines by Ravenshill & Salked, London)for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (French Line). Launched on 11 February 1865,...
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The Charpoua Hut (French: Refuge de la Charpoua) is a refuge in the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps. Built in 1904 , it is located above the north bank of...
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the Alps, J.M. Dent, London 1956. Mont Blanc To Everest Thames & Hudson, 1956. Translated from the French Du Mont Blanc a l'Himalaya 1955. Calanques (with...
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della Brenva) is a valley glacier, located on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps. It is the second longest and eighth largest glacier...
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Rhône (redirect from La Vallee du Rhone)
also from the steeper slopes of the Bernese Alps to the north, and the Mont Blanc massif to the west. As a result, the Rhône Valley experiences a drier...
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"Saut du Gier" waterfall is in the Pilat Regional Natural Park. The peak of Œillon provides views of the Rhone valley, and sometimes of the Mont-Blanc massif...
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Plaidoyer pour l’avenir 1965 : De la Savoie au Val d’Aoste par le tunnel du Mont-Blanc 1968 : Simples propos 1968 : Le pari européen (with Michel Drancourt)...
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- Mont Blanc". Revue de géographie alpine. Vol. 60, no. 2. Grenoble. pp. 285–305. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc : la patinoire (postcard), Paris: Compagnie des...
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ships owned by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, commonly known as the French Line. List of ocean liners History of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique...
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Sibylle Blanc (born January 3, 1974 in Aubonne, Vaud) is a French-speaking Swiss actress, writer and director who is actively involved in theatrical,...
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The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT, and commonly named "Transat"), typically known overseas as the French Line, was a French shipping company...
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completion of the Lake Geneva loop (via Montreux and Lausanne) and the Mont Blanc loop (via Saint-Gervais-les-Bains and Chamonix). With the completion of...
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Lake Geneva (redirect from Rives du Lac Léman)
Alps lie over its eastern side. The high summits of Grand Combin and Mont Blanc are visible from some places. The lake lies on the course of the Rhône...
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which brought Savoy into the First French Republic under the name of Mont-Blanc department the Army of Savoy was renamed the Army of the Alps, before...
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railway in France after the Tramway du Mont-Blanc. The line was originally constructed for the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer du Midi (CFM), the then main line...
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Parc Astérix (redirect from Trace du Hourra)
Plailly, in the department of Oise. Opened in 1989, the park is operated by Compagnie des Alpes and located right by the A1 motorway (Paris ↔ Lille ↔ Brussels)...
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February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016. "Chamonix Hill Map". Compagnie du Mont Blanc. "Men's Super Combined - Chamonix, France". International Ski Federation...
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Palluel-Guillard, André. "La Maison de Savoie" (in French). Conseil Savoie Mont Blanc. Retrieved 28 June 2018. Leguai, André (2005). "Agnès de Bourgogne, duchesse...
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François Cornu de La Poype, who had just taken La Valette-du-Var, and sought to take the forts of Mont Faron, which dominated the city to the East. They were...
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