Les Houches
Les Houches is an alpine commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. It is located just west of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the larger canton of Le Mont-Blanc.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 2,930 residents
- Description: commune in Haute-Savoie, France
- Also known as: “74143”
- Neighbors: Chamonix and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Les Houches School of Physics and Les Houches station.
Les Houches School of Physics
University
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Les Houches School of Physics is an international physics center dedicated to seasonal schools and workshops. It is located in Les Houches, France. The school was founded in 1951 by French scientist Cécile DeWitt-Morette.
Les Houches station
Railway station
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Les Houches station is a railway station in the commune of Les Houches, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line of SNCF.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bionnassay and Grand Couloir.
Bionnassay
Hamlet
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Bionnassay is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km southwest of Les Houches.
Grand Couloir
Locality
The Grand Couloir is a couloir on the Aiguille du Goûter. At 3,340 metres altitude, this gully has to be traversed on foot to reach the scramble beyond the Tête Rousse Hut up to the Goûter Refuge on the Goûter Route on Mont Blanc. Grand Couloir is situated 4½ km southeast of Les Houches.
Le Champel
Hamlet
Photo: Nicolas Vigier, CC BY 2.0.
Le Champel is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km southwest of Les Houches.
Les Houches
- Category: commune of France
- Location: Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Les Houches” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Les Houches”
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- Arpitan: “Léj Eûshë”
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- Russian: “Ле-Уш”
- Russian: “Лез-Уш”
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