Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Savoie
Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

Modane

Modane is a commune in the department in the region in southeastern . The commune is in the Maurienne Valley, and it also belongs to the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Modane station and Town hall of Modane.

Railway station
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Modane is a railway station located in Modane, , . The station was opened on 17 September 1871 and is located on the Culoz–Modane railway. The train services are operated by .

Town hall
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Fort
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The is a fortification of the Séré de Rivières system in Modane, . The fort was built to provide artillery cover for the French end of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel 800 metres away horizontally.

Modane

Latitude
45.2015° or 45° 12′ 6″ north
Longitude
6.6728° or 6° 40′ 22″ east
Population
2,940
Elevation
1,062 metres (3,484 feet)
IATA airport code
XMO
United Nations Location Code
FR MDN
Open location code
8FQ86M2F+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26695251
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2993654
Wiki­data ID
Q537113
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Modane” goes by many names.
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  • Aragonese: “Modane”
  • Arpitan: “Modâna”
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  • Chinese: “莫达讷”
  • Chinese: “莫達訥”
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  • Georgian: “მოდანი”
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  • Greek: “Μοντάν”
  • Hebrew: “מודאן”
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  • Japanese: “モダーヌ”
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  • Korean: “모단”
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  • Latin: “Mutana”
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  • Persian: “مودان”
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  • Russian: “Модан”
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