Ballon d’Alsace

The Ballon d'Alsace, sometimes also called the Alsatian Belchen to distinguish it from other mountains named "Belchen") is a mountain at the border of Alsace, Lorraine, and .
Wikipedia
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,247 metres
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: “Alsatian Belchen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Étang du Petit-Haut and Tête des Redoutes.

Lake
Photo: Otto Didakt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lake.

Peak
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Photo: Anthospace, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lac d'Alfeld is a in , . At an elevation of 620 m, its surface area is 0.1 km².

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haut-du-Them-Château-Lambert and Miellin.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region of in eastern . It was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Haut-du-Them and Château-Lambert. is situated 8 km northwest of Ballon d’Alsace.

Village
Photo: HAF 932, Public domain.
is a former commune in the department in the region of in eastern . On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune . is situated 8 km west of Ballon d’Alsace.

Ballon d’Alsace

Latitude
47.82236° or 47° 49′ 21″ north
Longitude
6.84523° or 6° 50′ 43″ east
Elevation
1,247 metres (4,091 feet)
Open location code
8FV8RRCW+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1116621810
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3038031
Wiki­data ID
Q1334057
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Ballon d’Alsace” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Cebuano: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Chinese: “阿尔萨斯圆顶峰”
  • Czech: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Danish: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Dutch: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بالون دالساس”
  • French: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • German: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • German: “Elsässer Belchen”
  • Italian: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Ladin: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Norwegian: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Polish: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Portuguese: “Balão da alsácia”
  • Portuguese: “Balão da Alsácia”
  • Portuguese: “Ballon d’alsace”
  • Portuguese: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Slovenian: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Spanish: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Swedish: “Ballon d’Alsace”
  • Swiss German: “Elsässer Belchen”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Elsässer Belchen”
  • Venetian: “Ballon d’Alsace”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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