Saint-Martin-de-Belleville

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Coordinates: 45°22′52″N 6°30′19″E / 45.3811111111, 6.50527777778

Commune of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie
Arrondissement	Albertville
Canton	Moûtiers
Mayor	André Plaisance (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	640 m–3,564 m (avg. 1,400 m)
Land area¹	161.79 km²
Population² (1999)	2532
- Density	15/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	73257/ 73440
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.

Saint-Martin-de-Belleville is a commune of the Savoie département, in France.

Despite being in the world famous Trois Vallées (Three Valleys) skiing area it has managed to keep its traditional French character, consisting of many alpine chalets with beautiful window boxes bursting with flowers.

The Saint-Martin-de-Belleville ski area is part of the Three Valleys ski area that includes the resorts of Les Menuires, Val Thorens, Meribel, Courchevel and La Tania. In total the area has 600km of pisted runs and 200 ski lifts.

[edit] Transportation

If travelling there the nearest airports (closest first) are:

• Annecy
• Chambery
• Grenoble
• Geneva
• Lyon

[edit] External links

• Information on the village and ski area and details on some of the chalet accommodation available in the 3 valleys
• Les Chalets du Gypse - A great place to stay and lists of things to do around the St Martin de Belleville area
• The official St Martin de Belleville website