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Savoie

Savoie is in in southeastern . The area is known for its numerous ski resorts and contribution to French cuisine, with culinary specialities such as fondue savoyarde, tartiflette, génépi, as well as various sorts of saucisson.
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is a beautiful town in the Rhône-Alpes region of and the birthplace and historic capital of Savoie.

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is a town and lakeside resort in the , in the department of Savoie. With more than 30,000 inhabitants, this tourist and thermal spa resort welcomes nearly 200,000 visitors each year.

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Val-d'Isère is a commune of the , in the Savoie department in southeastern . It lies 5 km from the border with . It is on the border of the created in 1963, with good transport links in and out of , and .

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is in Savoie and is one of the large interlinked Alpine skiing areas of the . It claims to be the largest ski area in the world with 600 km of interconnected slopes and 180 ski lifts, offering unparalleled skiing opportunities for all levels of skiers or boarders.

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is a town in the French . It is at the foot of the skiing area, a group of pistes which can be found just below the Aiguille Rouge summit.

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is a famous resort in the linked to Val D'Isere. is a winter resort for skiing, and a summer one for hiking, mountain biking, and summer skiing on the glacier.

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is a commune in the Savoie department in the region in southeastern . The commune is in the Maurienne Valley, and it also belongs to the .

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is situated in the Tarentaise Valley, in the department of Savoie, From 380 m to 3 855m, the Tarentaise Valley covers the high Isère Valley, in the heart of the , between Beaufortain and the Mont Blanc Massif in the North, Vanoise Massif and the Maurienne Valley in the south, and the crest of the in the east, which falls over on the Aosta Valley in .

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is a commune in the Savoie department in the region in south-eastern . is a village in the in Savoie, France.

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is the first French national park in the Savoie department of the region, established in 1963. The park is bordered by Gran Paradiso National Park across the Italian border, and if they were one park, it would be the world's largest alpine park.

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is a beautiful mountain area in the French Alps south of and linked to the area Gran Paradiso in the Valle d'Aosta region. It is well-known because of its large ski-resorts.

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is a French ski area in the alpine valley of the Tarentaise. The ski area is linked to Plan Peisey, part of the larger resort by the Vanoise Express gondola. Ski passes are available covering the three resorts.

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is a ski resort in Savoie, . includes the resort villages of Arc 1600, Arc 1800, Arc 1950, Arc 2000, Peisey and Villaroger. It is linked to the ski area by the Vanoise Express cable car.

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is a ski resort in Savoie. is known for its many off-piste opportunities and its pleasant atmosphere. also surprises experts with its "nature discovery" products offered by ski schools and instructors.

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is one of the six ski resorts of in Maurienne Valley, the 4th biggest ski area in France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Savoie. It measures 21.52 km2, with a population of 493 inhabitants.

Savoie

Latitude of center
45.4681° or 45° 28′ 5″ north
Longitude of center
6.4855° or 6° 29′ 8″ east
Population
445,000
Elevation
1,885 metres (6,184 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2975517
Wiki­data ID
Q12745
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Savoie” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Savoie”
  • Albanian: “Savoia”
  • Arabic: “سافوا”
  • Aragonese: “Saboya”
  • Aragonese: “Savoya”
  • Armenian: “Սավոյ”
  • Arpitan: “Savouè-d’Avâl”
  • Arpitan: “Savouè”
  • Asturian: “Saboya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Savoyya”
  • Basque: “Savoia”
  • Bavarian: “Savoie”
  • Bavarian: “Savoyen”
  • Belarusian: “Савоя (дэпартамент)”
  • Belarusian: “Савоя”
  • Bengali: “সাভুয়ে”
  • Breton: “Savoia”
  • Breton: “Savoie”
  • Bulgarian: “Савоа”
  • Catalan: “Savoia”
  • Cebuano: “Savoie”
  • Chechen: “Савойя”
  • Chechen: “Севваь”
  • Chinese: “Savoie”
  • Chinese: “萨瓦省”
  • Chinese: “薩瓦省”
  • Chinese: “薩華”
  • Chuvash: “Савойя”
  • Czech: “Savojsko”
  • Danish: “Savoie”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Savoie”
  • Dutch: “Savoie (departement)”
  • Dutch: “Savoie”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سافوا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساڤوا”
  • Esperanto: “Savoie”
  • Esperanto: “Savojo”
  • Estonian: “Savoia departemang”
  • Estonian: “Savoia”
  • Finnish: “Savoie”
  • French: “FR-73”
  • French: “Savoie”
  • Galician: “Departamento de Savoia”
  • Galician: “Savoia”
  • Georgian: “სავოია”
  • Georgian: “სავოიის დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Département Savoie”
  • German: “Departement Savoyen”
  • German: “Savoie”
  • German: “Savoyen”
  • Greek: “Σαβοΐα”
  • Greek: “Σαβουά”
  • Gujarati: “સાવોઈ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Savoie-sén”
  • Hebrew: “סבואה”
  • Hindi: “सवोई”
  • Hungarian: “Savoie”
  • Indonesian: “Savoie”
  • Interlingua: “Departimento Savoie”
  • Irish: “Savoie”
  • Italian: “Savoia”
  • Japanese: “サヴォワ”
  • Japanese: “サヴォワ県”
  • Kannada: “ಸವೊಯಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Савойя”
  • Kongo: “Savoie”
  • Korean: “사부아주”
  • Ladin: “Savoie”
  • Ladino: “Savoie”
  • Latin: “Sabaudia”
  • Latvian: “Savoja”
  • Limburgan: “Savoie”
  • Lithuanian: “Savoja”
  • Lombard: “Savoie”
  • Low German: “Savoie”
  • Luxembourgish: “Departement Savoie”
  • Macedonian: “Савоја”
  • Malagasy: “Savoie”
  • Malay: “Savoie”
  • Marathi: “साव्वा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Savoie”
  • Nepali: “साभोए”
  • Northern Frisian: “Savoie”
  • Northern Sami: “Savoie”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Savoie”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Departementet Savoie”
  • Norwegian: “Savoie”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Savòia”
  • Ossetian: “Савойя (департамент)”
  • Ossetian: “Савойя”
  • Pampanga: “Savoie”
  • Persian: “ساووآ”
  • Persian: “سووآ”
  • Piemontese: “Dipartiment ëd la Savòja”
  • Polish: “Sabaudia”
  • Portuguese: “Saboia”
  • Portuguese: “Sabóia”
  • Romanian: “departamentul Savoie”
  • Romanian: “Savoie”
  • Russian: “Савойя”
  • Sardinian: “Savoja”
  • Scots: “Savoie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Savoie”
  • Serbian: “Савоја”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Savoie”
  • Sinhala: “සැවෝයි”
  • Slovak: “Savoie”
  • Slovenian: “Savoie”
  • Slovenian: “Savoja”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ساووآ”
  • Spanish: “Saboya”
  • Spanish: “Savoya”
  • Swahili: “Savoie”
  • Swedish: “Savoie”
  • Swiss German: “Département Savoie”
  • Tajik: “Департаменти Савойя”
  • Tamil: “சாவோய்”
  • Telugu: “సవోయీ”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดซาวัว”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Département Savoie”
  • Turkish: “Savoie”
  • Ukrainian: “Савоя”
  • Urdu: “ساووا”
  • Uzbek: “Savoie”
  • Venetian: “Savoja”
  • Vietnamese: “Savoie”
  • Volapük: “Savoie”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Savoie”
  • Welsh: “Savoie”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع سیواۓ”
  • Wu Chinese: “萨瓦省”
  • Yue Chinese: “薩華”
  • “Savoie”

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