Les Praz
Les-Praz-de-Chamonix is a mountain village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix. Altitude: 1060 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in France
- Also known as: “les Praz-d’en-Haut” and “Les Praz-de-Chamonix”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Les Praz-de-Chamonix station and Chamonix-Mont-Blanc station.
Les Praz-de-Chamonix station
Railway station
Photo: Pucesurvitaminee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les Praz-de-Chamonix station is a railway station in the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line of SNCF.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc station
Railway station
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc station is a railway station in the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line of SNCF.
Centre Sportif Richard Bozon
Sports venue
Pôle sportif et culturel Chamonix Nord is an ensemble of educational and sports facilities located in the northern part of Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Argentière and Montroc.
Argentière
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Argentière is a picturesque skiing, alpine walking and mountaineering village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, at an altitude of 1,252 m. Argentière is situated 6 km northeast of Les Praz.
Montroc
Hamlet
Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montroc is a hamlet in eastern France, located in the territory of the commune of Chamonix. Several houses at Poses 150 m north-east of Montroc were destroyed on 9 February 1999 by a slab avalanche from Bec du Lachat and Mont Peclerey on the Mont Blanc massif, killing 12 people. Montroc is situated 7 km northeast of Les Praz.
Le Tour
Hamlet
Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Tour is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km northeast of Les Praz.
Les Praz
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.94045° or 45° 56′ 26″ northLongitude
6.88659° or 6° 53′ 12″ eastElevation
1,060 metres (3,478 feet)Open location code
8FQ8WVRP+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 277928675OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Les Praz” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Les Praz”
- French: “Les Praz de Chamonix”
- French: “Les Praz”
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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 “Les Praz”. Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.