Oratoire de l’Ormey

Oratoire de l’Ormey is a wayside shrine in Les Houches, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Oratoire de l’Ormey is situated nearby to the movie theater Cinébus, as well as near the tourism office Office du Tourisme.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste des Houches and Les Houches station.

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste des Houches

Church

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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste des Houches is a church, which is situated 400 metres north of Oratoire de l’Ormey.

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. Les Houches station is situated 770 metres north of Oratoire de l’Ormey.

Barrage des Houches

Dam

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Barrage des Houches is a dam, which is situated 800 metres north of Oratoire de l’Ormey.

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 Oratoire de l’Ormey.

Grand Couloir

Locality

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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 4 km southeast of Oratoire de l’Ormey.