Les Contamines-Montjoie
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Commune of Les Contamines-Montjoie |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville |
| Canton | Saint-Gervais-les-Bains |
| Mayor | Valérie Horellou (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 990 m–3,880 m (avg. 1,164 m) |
| Land area¹ | 43.55 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,129 |
| - Density | 26/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 74085/ 74170 |
| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Les Contamines-Montjoie is a commune of the Haute-Savoie département in France.
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[edit] History
The commune was formerly called Les Contamines and was renamed Les Contamines-Montjoie on September 28, 1949.
[edit] Location
Les Contamines Montjoie is located in the French Alps. It is approximately 1.5 hrs from the aeroport of Geneva which is convenient. Les Contamines is located in between the well known resorts of Chamonix and Megeve, it is close to Mont Blanc which means that it is used for both mountain climbing in the Summer and skiing in the Winter. Its proximitiy to Chamonix means that access to Italy is easy via the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
[edit] Ski resort
Les Contamines Montjoie main industry is tourism through its Skiing Area which is moderately sized. It ranges from the village at around 1100m to l'Aiguille Croche at around 2500m. There are four sections of the ski area: The Tierces section, the Roselette section, the Montjoie section and the Hauteluce section.
The Tierces section is south facing, it is the highest section of the resort and possesses the resorts hardest black runs: Grevettaz and Rebans. The Tierces section also has easier blue and red runs such as Coins (blue) and Tierces (red). From most places in the Tierces section one can see (weather permitting) a vivid panorama of Mont Blanc and its neighbouring peaks including Aiguille de Bionnassay and Domes de Miage.
The Roselette section is a north facing section of ski runs which range from blue to black, the hardest run in this section is the black of Olympique. The Aiguille de Rosselette towers over the majority of the section giving it its name. There is off piste potential in the steep couloirs of the Aiguille de Rosselette.
The Hauteluce section is the name given to the section of runs on the other side of the Col du Joly in the Val Joly (rather than the Val Montjoie) the run difficulty is varied in this section.
The Montjoie section is the name used to describe the lower runs which mainly
[edit] External links
- Official Website of the commune of Les Contamines-Montjoie
- Les Contamines - Ski Station Website
- Les Contamines - Tourist Office
- Hiking and climbing in Les Contamines
- Ski/hiking holiday apartment to rent in Les Contamines
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