La Griaz
La Griaz is a hamlet in Les Houches, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 1,018 metres. La Griaz is situated nearby to the locality Les Etaches, as well as near Saint-Antoine.Places of Interest
Highlights include Les Houches station and Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste des Houches.
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.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste des Houches
Church
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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste des Houches is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Couloir and Bionnassay.
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 5 km south of La Griaz.
Bionnassay
Hamlet
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Bionnassay is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km southwest of La Griaz.
Chamonix
Chamonix is a resort in the Haute-Savoie region of France, bordering Italy, at the foot of Mont Blanc. It's regarded as the birthplace of mountaineering and as one of its capitals.
La Griaz
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Les Houches, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.89474° or 45° 53′ 41″ northLongitude
6.80302° or 6° 48′ 11″ eastElevation
1,018 metres (3,340 feet)Open location code
8FQ8VRV3+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4181371242OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
12318612
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In Other Languages
“La Griaz” goes by many names.
- French: “La Griaz”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Les Etaches and La Griaz d’en-Haut.
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