Balmat Square
Balmat Square is a square in Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Balmat Square is situated nearby to the post office Bureau de Poste de Chamonix Mont Blanc, as well as near the movie theater Cinéma Vox.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chamonix-Mont-Blanc station and Église Saint-Michel de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc station
Railway station
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc station is a railway station in the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line of SNCF. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc station is situated 330 metres east of Balmat Square.
Église Saint-Michel de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Church
Photo: Janet McKnight, CC BY 2.0.
Église Saint-Michel de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is a church, which is situated 150 metres northwest of Balmat Square.
Chamonix-Aiguille-du-Midi station
Railway station
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chamonix-Aiguille-du-Midi station is a railway station in the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line of SNCF. Chamonix-Aiguille-du-Midi station is situated 410 metres southwest of Balmat Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Praz and Argentière.
Les Praz
Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les-Praz-de-Chamonix is a mountain village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix. Altitude: 1060 m.
Argentière
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Argentière is a picturesque skiing, alpine walking and mountaineering village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, at an altitude of 1,252 m. Argentière is situated 8 km northeast of Balmat Square.
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 8 km southwest of Balmat Square.
Balmat Square
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Place Balmat in the center of Chamonix
- Categories: square, tourism, and pedestrian zone
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.92308° or 45° 55′ 23″ northLongitude
6.86956° or 6° 52′ 10″ eastOpen location code
8FQ8WVF9+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 317164369OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q113509812
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Balmat Square” goes by many names.
- French: “place Balmat”
- French: “Place Balmat”
- Spanish: “Lugar Balmat”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bureau de Poste de Chamonix Mont Blanc and Place Balmat.
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