Col de Montgenèvre
The Col de Montgenèvre is a high mountain pass in the Cottian Alps, in France 2 kilometres away from Italy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,788 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Col de Montgenevre”, “Col de Montgenèvre - Colle del Monginevro”, “Col du Montgenevre”, “Colle di Monginevro”, and “Montgenèvre Pass”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapelle Saint-Roch de Montgenèvre and Église Saint-Maurice de Montgenèvre.
Chapelle Saint-Roch de Montgenèvre
Church
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Chapelle Saint-Roch de Montgenèvre is a church.
Église Saint-Maurice de Montgenèvre
Church
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Église Saint-Maurice de Montgenèvre is a church.
Mount Chenaillet
Peak
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The Mount Chenaillet is a 2,650 metres high mountain of the Cottian Alps, located on the Main chain of the Alps South of the Col de Montgenèvre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Claviere and Val-des-Prés.
Claviere
Village
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Claviere is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres west of the centre of Turin, on the border with France.
Val-des-Prés
Village
Val-des-Prés is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is situated in the Clarée Valley.
Sansicario
Hamlet
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Sansicario is a frazione of the comune of Cesana Torinese in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It lies at 1,700 m in the Val Susa and has a population of 93 people.
Col de Montgenèvre
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Montgenèvre, Arrondissement of Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.93127° or 44° 55′ 53″ northLongitude
6.72571° or 6° 43′ 33″ eastElevation
1,788 metres (5,866 feet)Open location code
8FP8WPJG+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 442880977OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Col de Montgenèvre” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Col du Montgenèvre”
- Chinese: “蒙特热内夫尔隘口”
- Chinese: “蒙特熱內夫爾山口”
- Chinese: “蒙特熱內夫爾隘口”
- Dutch: “Montgenevrepas”
- Dutch: “Montgenèvrepas”
- French: “col de Montgenèvre”
- French: “Col de Montgenèvre”
- German: “Col de Montgenèvre”
- Hebrew: “מונז’נבר”
- Hebrew: “מעבר מונז’נוור”
- Italian: “Colle del Monginevro”
- Italian: “Monginevro”
- Italian: “passo del Monginevro”
- Japanese: “モンジェネーヴル峠”
- Korean: “몽제네브르 고개”
- Latin: “Mons Matrona”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Còl de Montginebre”
- Polish: “Montgenèvre”
- Slovenian: “Col de Montgenèvre”
- Slovenian: “Montgenèvrski prelaz”
- Spanish: “Col de Montgenèvre”
- Turkish: “Montgenèvre Geçidi”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Casseta and La Praya.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Montgenèvre - Gare Routière and Fontaine des Bardeaux.
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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 de Montgenèvre”. Photo: patano, CC BY-SA 3.0.