Le Praz
Le Praz is a village located on a plateau at the foot of the forest in Courchevel, Savoie, France, at the foot of Dent du Villard and Grand Bec. It features the ski jumping hill Tremplin du Praz, built for the 1992 Winter Olympics and used annually in the summer FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix.- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in France
- Also known as: “le Praz”
- Historically known as: “Courchevel 1300”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tremplin du Praz and Église Saint-Bon de Saint-Bon-Tarentaise.
Tremplin du Praz
Sports venue
Photo: Manuguf, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Tremplin du Praz is a ski jumping hill at Le Praz in Courchevel, France. The complex consists of four hills: a large hill with construction point of K125, a normal hill at K90, and two training hills at K60 and K25.
Église Saint-Bon de Saint-Bon-Tarentaise
Church
Photo: B-noa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Bon de Saint-Bon-Tarentaise is a church.
Courchevel Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Martinp1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Courchevel Altiport is an altiport serving Courchevel, a ski resort in the French Alps. The airfield has a very short runway of only 537 metres with a gradient of 18.6%. Courchevel Airport is situated 4 km south of Le Praz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Tania and Bozel.
La Tania
Hamlet
La Tania is a ski resort situated in the Courchevel area of Les Trois Vallees, located at an elevation of 1400 meters. It was developed for the Albertville Olympics of 1992 and is approximately a 25-minute drive from Moûtiers.
Bozel
Photo: JC CARRE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bozel is situated in the Tarentaise Valley, in the department of Savoie, From 380 m to 3 855m, the Tarentaise Valley covers the high Isère Valley, in the heart of the French Alps, between Beaufortain and the Mont Blanc Massif in the North, Vanoise Massif and the Maurienne Valley in the south, and the crest of the Alps in the east, which falls over on the Aosta Valley in Italy.
Courchevel
Courchevel is a city in Savoie, France. The most chic alpine resort in France, Courchevel features 11 luxury five stars hotels, 6 restaurants awarded with the Michelin star, jet-set and royal clientele, luxury boutiques, exceptional spas in the heart of the 3 Valleys, the world's largest ski domain, with 372 mi of trails and slopes and 198 lifts.
Le Praz
- Category: village
- Location: Courchevel, Arrondissement of Albertville, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Dutch—“Le Praz” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “勒普拉”
- Dutch: “Le Praz”
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