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Chamonix is the fourth-largest commune in metropolitan France, with an area of 245 km 2 (95 sq mi). Its population of around 8,900 ranks 1,089th within the country of France. Its population of around 8,900 ranks 1,089th within the country of France.
Elevation: 3,842 m (12,605 ft) ... Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France: Parent range: Mont Blanc Massif: ... The cable car travels from Chamonix to the top of the ...
The Aiguille du Midi Cable Car in Chamonix attracts 500,000 people each year and gives views over much of the massif, and up towards Mont Blanc itself. From Chamonix it rises to the summit of the Aiguille du Midi at 3,842 metres (12,605 ft), and holds the world record for the highest vertical ascent of any cable car (2,807 m (9,209 ft)). [5]
The team was made up of the glaciologist Luc Moreau, two surveyors from the GPS Company, three people from the IGN, seven expert surveyors, four mountain guides from Chamonix and Saint-Gervais and four students from various institutes in France. This team noted that the elevation was 4,808.45 m (15,775 ft 9 in), and the peak had shifted to a ...
At 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), Mont Blanc, on the France–Italy border, is the highest mountain in the Alps, and the highest Western European mountain. [1] Notable towns in the French Alps include Grenoble, Chamonix, Annecy, Chambéry, Évian-les-Bains and Albertville.
The cabins run from the Aiguille du Midi station (3,778 m (12,395 ft) elevation) across a span of 1,684 m (5,525 ft) over Vallée Blanche, a glacier and snow valley, to the Gros Rognon station (3,536 m (11,601 ft)). The Gros Rognon station is not a passenger station—it contains the counterweights of the fixed cables and the rails bending the ...
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Les Houches, located 6 kilometres from Chamonix, is a ski resort with a domain which extends from an altitude of 950 metres up to 1900 metres.Long descents through tree-lined slopes are combined with impressive views of the Mont Blanc massif and the Chamonix valley.