Col des Saisies
Col des Saisies is a mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France. The pass is delimited by the peak of Bisanne to the west, and by the peaks of Légette and Chard du Beurre to the east. The ski resort of Les Saisies is situated on the pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapelle Notre-Dame de Haute Lumière and Chard du Beurre.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Haute Lumière
Church
Photo: Anthospace, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Haute Lumière is a church.
Réserve naturelle régionale de la tourbière des Saisies - Beaufortain - Val d’Arly
Nature reserve
Photo: Pmau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Réserve naturelle régionale de la tourbière des Saisies - Beaufortain - Val d’Arly is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Saisies and Villard-sur-Doron.
Les Saisies
Hamlet
Photo: Pmau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Les Saisies is a ski resort located in the Savoie department of France. It is 30 km from Albertville, host of the 1992 Winter Olympics. For those games, the resort hosted the biathlon and cross-country skiing events.
Villard-sur-Doron
Village
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Villard-sur-Doron is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe
Village
Photo: Zil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Col des Saisies
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,639 metres
- Description: mountain pass in Savoie, France
- Categories: mountain pass, hillclimbing, and landform
- Location: Hauteluce, Arrondissement of Albertville, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.76156° or 45° 45′ 42″ northLongitude
6.53336° or 6° 32′ 0″ eastElevation
1,639 metres (5,377 feet)Open location code
8FQ8QG6M+J8OpenStreetMap ID
node 80070044OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Col des Saisies” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Col des Saisies”
- Dutch: “Col des Saisies”
- French: “col des Saisies”
- French: “Col des Saisies”
- French: “Les Saisies”
- German: “Col des Saisies”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Col des Saisies”. Photo: chisloup, CC BY 3.0.