Avoriaz
Avoriaz is a French mountain resort in the Portes du Soleil in the French commune of Morzine, on a shelf above the town of Morzine. Cars are forbidden in Avoriaz; transport includes horse-drawn sleighs and snowcats during winter.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: French mountain resort in Upper Savoy, France
- Also known as: “Morzine-Avoriaz”
Photo: Carsten Wiehe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portes du Soleil and Lac d’Avoriaz.
Portes du Soleil
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portes du Soleil is the name for a massive international ski area that straddles the French and Swiss borders. Towns and resorts in this area include:…
Lac d’Avoriaz
Reservoir
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lac d'Avoriaz is a lake in Haute-Savoie, France.
Col de la Joux Verte
Mountain saddle
Col de la Joux Verte is a high mountain pass in the Alps in France. Both roads to it come from the resort of Morzine, allowing a round trip to be made.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Lindarets and Champoussin.
Champoussin
Village
Photo: James Preston, CC BY 2.0.
Champoussin is a village in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Valais. The village is situated in the western part of the canton, near Champéry, in the municipality of Val-d'Illiez. Champoussin is situated 7 km east of Avoriaz.
Champéry
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Champéry is a municipality in the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Champéry is situated 8 km east of Avoriaz.
Avoriaz
- Categories: ski resort, sports venue, and locality
- Location: Morzine, Arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.19254° or 46° 11′ 33″ northLongitude
6.77029° or 6° 46′ 13″ eastElevation
1,826 metres (5,991 feet)IATA airport code
AVFUnited Nations Location Code
FR AVFOpen location code
8FR85QVC+24OpenStreetMap ID
node 307509261OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Avoriaz” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أفورياز”
- Catalan: “Avoriaz”
- Chechen: “АвогӀиаз”
- Chinese: “阿沃里亚”
- Dutch: “Avoriaz”
- Egyptian Arabic: “افورياز”
- French: “Avoriaz”
- French: “Domaine Skiable de Morzine / Avoriaz”
- French: “Morzine-Avoriaz”
- Georgian: “ავორიაზი”
- German: “Avoriaz”
- German: “Morzine-Avoriaz”
- Hebrew: “אבוריה”
- Italian: “Avoriaz”
- Japanese: “アヴォリアズ”
- Japanese: “アヴォリアッツ”
- Persian: “اووریاز”
- Portuguese: “Avoriaz”
- Romanian: “Avoriaz”
- Russian: “Авориаз”
- Russian: “Аворья”
- Spanish: “Avoriaz”
- Spanish: “Morzine-Avoriaz”
- Swedish: “Avoriaz”
- Thai: “อวอร์ยา”
- Ukrainian: “Авор’я”
- Ukrainian: “Аворя”
- Welsh: “Avoriaz”
- Welsh: “Morzine-Avoriaz”
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