Les Favrands
Les Favrands is a neighborhood in Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 1,043 metres. Les Favrands is situated nearby to the neighborhood Les Pècles, as well as near Les Moëttieux.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chamonix-Aiguille-du-Midi station and High Mountain Military School.
Chamonix-Aiguille-du-Midi station
Railway station
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chamonix-Aiguille-du-Midi station is a railway station in the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line of SNCF.
High Mountain Military School
Military installation
The École militaire de haute montagne is a training establishment of the French Army, that trains French and allied service personnel in mountain warfare, skiing, mountain leadership, and arctic warfare.
Les Pélerins station
Railway station
Photo: AntonyB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les Pélerins station is a railway station in the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, 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 Les Praz and Grand Couloir.
Les Praz
Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les-Praz-de-Chamonix is a mountain village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix. Altitude: 1060 m. Les Praz is situated 3½ km northeast of Les Favrands.
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 7 km south of Les Favrands.
Argentière
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Argentière is a picturesque skiing, alpine walking and mountaineering village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, at an altitude of 1,252 m. Argentière is situated 9 km northeast of Les Favrands.
Les Favrands
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.91446° or 45° 54′ 52″ northLongitude
6.85983° or 6° 51′ 35″ eastElevation
1,043 metres (3,422 feet)Open location code
8FQ8WV75+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 2422902184OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
12318598
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In Other Languages
“Les Favrands” goes by many names.
- French: “Les Favrands”
Localities in the Area
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