Grand Colombier
Grand Colombier is a mountain in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies in the area of Bugey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,534 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Le Grand Colombier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Col du Grand Colombier and Église Saint-Pierre de Virieu-le-Petit.
Col du Grand Colombier
Mountain saddle
Photo: M. PELISSIER, Public domain.
Col du Grand Colombier is a mountain pass in the Jura mountains in France. This pass lies at the southern extremity of the Jura in the massif of the Grand Colombier.
Église Saint-Pierre de Virieu-le-Petit
Church
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Pierre de Virieu-le-Petit is a church.
Chartreuse d’Arvières
Monastery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Chartreuse d’Arvières is a monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochieu and Talissieu.
Lochieu
Village
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lochieu is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Arvière-en-Valromey.
Talissieu
Village
Photo: Delorme, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Talissieu is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Grand Colombier
- Categories: mountain, free flight site, and landform
- Location: Virieu-le-Petit, Arrondissement of Belley, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.90123° or 45° 54′ 4″ northLongitude
5.7609° or 5° 45′ 39″ eastElevation
1,534 metres (5,033 feet)Open location code
8FQ7WQ26+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 26863774OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Grand Colombier” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Grand Colombier (Ain)”
- Basque: “Grand Colombier”
- Catalan: “Grand Colombier”
- Cebuano: “Montagne du Grand Colombier”
- Chinese: “大科隆比耶山”
- Danish: “Grand Colombier”
- Dutch: “Grand Colombier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جراند كولومبير”
- French: “Grand Colombier”
- German: “Grand Colombier”
- Italian: “Grand Colombier (Ain)”
- Italian: “Grand Colombier”
- Japanese: “グラン・コロンビエ”
- Ladin: “Grand Colombier”
- Macedonian: “Гран Коломбје”
- Polish: “Grand Colombier”
- Portuguese: “Grand Colombier”
- Portuguese: “Grande Colombier”
- Russian: “Гранд Коломбье”
- Spanish: “Grand Colombier”
- Venetian: “Grand Colombier (Ain)”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Trou de la Roche and Fromentel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Le Cycliste and Colombier - la croix.
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