Lac de la Fous

Lac de la Fous is a reservoir in Belvédère, Arrondissement of Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Lac de la Fous is situated nearby to the locality La Barme, as well as near Clapairas.

Photo: Prouzet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cime du Gélas and Monte Clapier.

Cime du Gélas

Peak

Photo: Gede77, Public domain.

Cime du Gélas is a 3,143 m high mountain on the boundary between France and Italy. It is part of the Maritime Alps. It is the highest peak of the Mercantour National Park, while on the Italian side it is included in the Maritime Alps Natural Park.

Monte Clapier

Peak

Photo: Iros, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Monte Clapier is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, on the boundary between the province of Cuneo and the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur.

Cime de la Malédie

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cime de la Malédie is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, on the France–Italy border. Its French part is located in the upper Gordolasque valley, in the commune of Belvédère, in the department of Alpes-Maritimes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vallée des merveilles.

Vallée des merveilles

Locality

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The Vallée des Merveilles, also known in Italian as the Valle delle Meraviglie, is a part of the Mercantour National Park in southern France. It holds the largest quantity of open-air Bronze Age petroglyphs in Europe, after Val Camonica in Italy, and is given special note for the area's inclusion for the European Diploma of Protected Areas.

Lac de la Fous

Type: Reservoir
Description: lake in France
Categories: lake and body of water
Location: Belvédère, Arrondissement of Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude

44.1024° or 44° 6′ 9″ north

Longitude

7.3974° or 7° 23′ 51″ east

Open location code

8FP9492W+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 940930897

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

Wikidata ID

Q17347105

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In Other Languages

“Lac de la Fous” goes by many names.

French: “lac de la Fous”
French: “Lac de la Fous”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as La Barme and Clapairas.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Refuge de Nice and Cime Niré.

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