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Les 2 Alpes (pronounced [le døz‿alp]) is a ski resort in the French department of Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The village sits at 1,650 m (5,413 ft) and lifts run to 3,600 m (11,811 ft). It has the largest skiable glacier in Europe and is France's second oldest ski resort behind Chamonix. It has the longest, normally open full on-piste ...
Acme Electric Motor, Inc. (commonly referred to as Acme Tools) is a family-owned tool and equipment distributor [1] in the Midwestern United States.Founded in 1948 as Acme Electric Motor, Inc., this company was first rebranded as Tool Crib of the North in 1970, and then as Acme Tools in 2005.
Les Deux Alpes (French pronunciation: [le dø.z‿alp]) is a commune in the department of Isère, southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Mont-de-Lans (the seat) and Vénosc. [3] The ski resort Les Deux Alpes is situated in the commune.
The 2024 Tour of the Alps is a road cycling stage race that took place between 15 and 19 April 2024 in the Austrian state of Tyrol and in the Italian provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol, which all make up the Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (French pronunciation: [ovɛʁɲ ʁonalp] ⓘ; ARA) [note 1] is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into effect on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015. [4]
The full crib type has each layer filled with timbers. Each point of contact carries a maximum load depending on the size and species of the timbers. [1] A triangle or A' crib is similar to the box crib, except it resembles a triangular prism instead of rectangular. [citation needed] A parallelogram crib [2] resembles a diamond prism.
Hautes-Alpes is located in the Alps mountain range. The average elevation is over 1000 m; the highest elevation is over 4000 m. The only three sizable cities are Gap, Briançon and Embrun, which was a subprefecture until 1926. [4] The third-highest settlement in all of Europe is the Hautes-Alpes village of Saint-Véran.
The French Alps (French: Alpes françaises; Arpitan: Ârpes francêses; Occitan: Aups francesas; Ligurian: Arpi françéixi) 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.