Les Houches
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Commune of Les Houches Les Houches |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 06° 47' 57" E |
| Latitude | 45° 53' 27" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Rhône-Alpes |
| Département | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville |
| Canton | Chamonix-Mont-Blanc |
| Mayor | Patrick Dole (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 796 m–4,280 m (avg. 1,008 m) |
| Land area¹ | 43.07 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,706 |
| - Density (1999) | 62/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74143/ 74310 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Les Houches is a village and commune in the Haute-Savoie département, in the French Alps.
It is a ski-resort, and is located 6 kilometres away from Chamonix.
There is a famous physics summer school, which has been attended by many Nobel prize laureates as teachers or students before they received their prize.
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