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French Alps

Portion of the Alps mountain range within France

Field	Value
name	French Alps
native_name
photo	Alps aerial 1.jpg
photo_caption	Aerial photograph of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe
subdivision1_type	French regions
subdivision1
borders_on	Swiss Alps, Italian Alps
geology
age	Tertiary
orogeny	Alpine orogeny
highest	Mont Blanc
elevation_m	4807.45
coordinates
map_image	Massif des Alpes map-fr.svg
map_caption	Ranges of the French Alps.

The French Alps are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as the Mont Blanc massif, are shared with Switzerland and Italy.

At 4808 m, Mont Blanc, on the France–Italy border, is the highest mountain in the Alps, and the highest Western European mountain.

Notable towns in the French Alps include Grenoble, Chamonix, Annecy, Chambéry, Évian-les-Bains and Albertville.

Ranges and summits

Range	Highest summit	Elevation (m/ft)
Graian Alps	Mont Blanc Massif	Mont Blanc	4807.45 m
Graian Alps	Beaufortain Massif	Roignais	2995 m
Graian Alps	Lauzière Massif	Grand Pic de la Lauzière	2829 m
Graian Alps	Vanoise Massif	Grande Casse	3855 m
Graian Alps	Graian Alps central group	Pointe de Charbonnel	3752 m
Dauphiné Alps	Belledonne Massif	Grand Pic de Belledonne	2977 m
Dauphiné Alps	Grandes Rousses	Pic Bayle	3465 m
Dauphiné Alps	Arves Massif	Aiguilles d'Arves	3514 m
Dauphiné Alps	Taillefer Massif	Le Taillefer	2857 m
Dauphiné Alps	Écrins Massif	Barre des Écrins	4102 m
Cottian Alps	Massif du Mont-Cenis	Pointe de Ronce	3612 m
Cottian Alps	Cerces Massif	Grand Galibier	3229 m
Cottian Alps	Queyras Massif	Rochebrune Peak	3320 m
Cottian Alps	Ubaye Massif (Orrenaye)	Aiguille de Chambeyron	3411 m
Maritime Alps	Mercantour-Argentera Massif	Cime du Gélas	3143 m
Maritime Alps	Pelat Massif	Mont Pelat	3050 m
Maritime Alps	Massif des Trois-Évêchés	Tête de l'Estrop	2961 m
Ligurian Alps	Ligurian Alps	Punta Marguareis	2651 m
Savoy Prealps	Chablais Alps	Hauts-Forts	2464 m
Savoy Prealps	Haut-Giffre Massif	Haute Cime	3257 m
Savoy Prealps	Aiguilles Rouges	Aiguille du Belvédère	2965 m
Savoy Prealps	Bornes	Pointe Blanche	2438 m
Savoy Prealps	Aravis Range	Pointe Percée	2750 m
Savoy Prealps	Bauges	Arcalod	2217 m
Savoy Prealps	Chartreuse Mountains	Chamechaude	2082 m
Dauphiné Prealps	Vercors Massif	Grand Veymont	2341 m
Dauphiné Prealps	Diois Mountains	Mont Jocou	2051 m
Dauphiné Prealps	Dévoluy Mountains	Grande Tête de l'Obiou	2789 m
Provence Prealps	Bochaine	Mont Céüse	2016 m
Provence Prealps	Digne Prealps	Les Monges	2115 m
Provence Prealps	Baronnies	Mont Mare	1603 m
Provence Prealps	Vaucluse Mountains	Signal de Saint-Pierre	1256 m
Provence Prealps	Luberon Mountains	Mourre Nègre	1125 m
Maritime Prealps	Castellan Prealps	Puy de Rent	1996 m
Maritime Prealps	Nice Prealps	Pointe des Trois Communes	2080 m

Ski areas

The largest connected ski areas are:

Les Trois Vallées (Courchevel, Méribel, La Tania, Brides-les-Bains, Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, Les Menuires, Val Thorens and Orelle): 338 slopes, 600 km of pistes.
Portes du Soleil (Avoriaz, Châtel, Morzine, Les Gets, Saint-Jean d'Aulps, La Chapelle d'Abondance, Abondance, Montriond, Swiss resorts): 288 slopes, 650 km of slopes not entirely connected.
Paradiski (La Plagne, Peisey-Vallandry, Les Arcs), Champagny-en-Vanoise: 239 slopes, 420 km of slopes.
Via Lattea (Montgenèvre, Italian resorts): 214 slopes, 400 km of slopes.
Évasion Mont-Blanc (Combloux, Megève, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce, Les Contamines Monjoie): 183 slopes, 420 km of slopes not entirely connected.
Espace Killy (Tignes, Val-d'Isère): 137 slopes, 300 km of slopes.
Grand Massif (Flaine, Les Carroz, Morillon, Samoëns, Sixt): 134 slopes, 265 km of slopes.
Les Aravis (La Clusaz, Manigod, La Croix Fry, Merdassier, Le Grand-Bornand): 133 slopes, 220 km of slopes not entirely connected.
Les Grandes Rousses (L'Alpe d'Huez, Vaujany, Auris-en-Oisans, Oz-en-Oisans, Villard-Reculas): 117 slopes, 236 km of slopes.
Serre Chevalier: 111 slopes, 250 km of slopes.
La Forêt Blanche (Risoul, Vars): 104 slopes, 180 km of slopes.
Les Sybelles (Le Corbier, La Toussuire, Les Bottières, Saint-Jean-d'Arves, Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Saint-Colomban-des-Villards): 96 slopes, 310 km of slopes.
Valloire and Valmeinier: 83 slopes, 150 km of slopes.
Grand Domaine (Valmorel, Saint-François-Longchamp): 82 slopes, 150 km of slopes
Espace San Bernardo (La Rosière, La Thuile - Italy): 73 slopes, 150 km of slopes.
Les Deux Alpes and La Grave: 69 slopes, 220 km of slopes. (+ Freeride Zone)

The other large ski areas are:

Le Val d'Arly (Praz-sur-Arly, Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe, Flumet): 150 km of slopes.
L'Espace Cristal (Les Saisies, Crest-Voland): 80 km of slopes
L'Espace Diamant is a combination of Espace Val d'Arly and Espace Cristal with 185 km of slopes
Villard-de-Lans et Corrençon-en-Vercors: 125 km of slopes
Valberg - Beuil les Launes: 90 km of slopes
Espace Lumière (Pra-Loup, Val d'Allos): 170 km of slopes
Superdévoluy - La Joue du Loup: 100 km of slopes
Orcières-Merlette 150 km of slopes

Activities

A range of winter and summer activities are available in the French Alps. In the winter, these include skiing and snowboarding as well as alternatives such as snowshoeing, sledging. There is a range of other activities that happen such as gliding which most happens during the summer months. Summer activities include hiking, mountaineering, biking and rock climbing.

Gallery

Image:Mont Blanc oct 2004.JPG|Mont Blanc (4,810 m) Image:Aiguille du Dru 3.jpg|Aiguille du Dru (3,754 m) Image:Aiguille Verte ateabutnoe2.jpg|Aiguille Verte (4,122 m) Image:Mer de Glace, Aiguille du Géant et Grandes Jorasses.jpg|Mer de Glace, Dent du Géant (4,013 m) and Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m) in Chamonix (c. 1890) Image:00 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains - TMB - JPG2.jpg|Tramway du Mont-Blanc, at Bellevue Station (1,794 m) in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Image:00 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc - JPG1.jpg|Jacques Balmat at the side of Horace-Benedict de Saussure, "The Father of Alpinism", in a monument erected at Chamonix Image:Grand Capucin, 2010 July.JPG|Grand Capucin (3,838 m) and its 400-meter vertical face Image:Vanoise.jpg|Vanoise National Park Image:Olan Ecrins National Park.jpg|Écrins National Park Image:Bouqetin male.jpg|Alpine ibex in Aussois, Savoie Image:YvoireFlowers.JPG|Chalet in the medieval city of Yvoire Image:Palais de l'Isle - prisons.jpg|Palais de l'Isle in Annecy

References

Bibliography

Raoul Blanchard (1938–1956), Les Alpes Occidentales. Paris: Édition Arthaud. (French)
Roger Frison-Roche (1964), Les montagnes de la terre. Paris: Flammarion. (French)
Sergio Marazzi (2005), Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA. Pavone Canavese (TO): Priuli & Verlucca editori. (Italian)
Sergio Marazzi, La "Suddivisione orografica internazionale unificata del Sistema Alpino" (SOIUSA) - article with maps and illustrations, PDF (Italian)

References

({{langx. fr. Alpes françaises; {{langx. frp. Ârpes francêses; {{langx. oc. Aups francesas; {{langx. lij. Arpi françéixi)
(2009-11-05). "Mont Blanc shrinks by 45cm in two years".
"frenchalps.co.uk - Your website dedicated to information on the French Alps".
"French Alps Mountain Activities {{!}} frenchalps.co.uk".

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