Val Thorens

Val Thorens is a ski resort in , . Val Thorens is the highest Alpine Skiing resort in Europe, with the town itself at 2300m above sea level.
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  • Type: Village with 2,500 residents
  • Description: ski resort in France
  • Postal code: 73440
Photo: DimiTalen, CC0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Neiges de Val-Thorens and La Folie Douce Val Thorens.

Church
is a church.

Peak
is a mountain in , . It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,153 metres above sea level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Les Menuires.

Village
Photo: Markfox2, Public domain.
is a ski resort in the valley of between and Val Thorens. Owned and operated by Compagnie des Alpes, it is in the département of . is situated 4½ km northwest of Val Thorens.

Val Thorens

Latitude
45.2979° or 45° 17′ 53″ north
Longitude
6.5823° or 6° 34′ 56″ east
Population
2,500
Elevation
2,333 metres (7,654 feet)
Open location code
8FQ87HXJ+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2376164369
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6544556
Wiki­data ID
Q1026835
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Val Thorens” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Val Thorens
  • Basque: Val Thorens
  • Catalan: Val Thorens
  • Cebuano: Val Thorens
  • Chinese: 瓦勒托朗
  • Czech: Val Thorens
  • Danish: Val Thorens
  • Dutch: Val Thorens
  • Egyptian Arabic: فال تورين
  • French: Val Tho
  • French: Val Thorens
  • French: Val-Thorens
  • German: Val Thorens
  • German: Val-Thorens
  • Hebrew: ואל טורנס
  • Italian: Val Thorens
  • Japanese: ヴァル・トランス
  • Korean: 발토랑스
  • Macedonian: Вал Торанс
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Val Thorens
  • Norwegian: Val Thorens
  • Persian: ول تورن
  • Persian: ول توره‌ن
  • Polish: Val Thorens
  • Portuguese: Vale Thorens
  • Russian: Валь Торанс
  • Spanish: Val Thorens
  • Swedish: Val Thorens
  • Turkish: Val Thorens

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Val Thorens”. Photo: Tybo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.