Vallorcine
Vallorcine is a locality in Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 1,261 metres. Vallorcine is situated nearby to the hamlet Plan de l’Envers, as well as near Le Siseray.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Le Buet station and Vallorcine station.
Le Buet station
Railway station
Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Buet station is a railway station in the commune of Vallorcine, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line of SNCF.
Vallorcine station
Railway station
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vallorcine station is a railway station in the commune of Vallorcine, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line of SNCF.
Tête de Balme
Peak
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
The Tête de Balme is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France. It lies on the range north of the Col de Balme, culminating at the Croix de Fer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trient and Le Châtelard.
Trient
Village
Photo: Nicolas Vigier, CC BY 2.0.
Trient is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Trient is situated 5 km northeast of Vallorcine.
Le Châtelard
Hamlet
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Châtelard is a locality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland near the border with France. It is part of the municipality of Finhaut. Le Châtelard is situated 3½ km northeast of Vallorcine.
Montroc
Hamlet
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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 4 km south of Vallorcine.
Vallorcine
- Type: Locality with 396 residents
- Also known as: “74290”
- Location: Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.0344° or 46° 2′ 4″ northLongitude
6.9331° or 6° 55′ 59″ eastPopulation
396Elevation
1,261 metres (4,137 feet)Open location code
8FR82WMM+Q6GeoNames ID
6443070
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“Vallorcine” goes by many names.
- French: “Vallorcine”
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