Brides-les-Bains
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The Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bains railway station | ||
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Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Brides-les-Bains | ||
| Coordinates: 45°27′12″N 6°34′03″E / 45.4533°N 6.5675°ECoordinates: 45°27′12″N 6°34′03″E / 45.4533°N 6.5675°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Albertville | |
| Canton | Bozel | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Denise Shelley | |
| Area1 | 2.63 km2 (1.02 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 597 | |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73057 / 73570 | |
| Elevation |
556–1,040 m (1,824–3,412 ft) (avg. 580 m or 1,900 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Brides-les-Bains is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
It was an Olympic Village for the 1992 Winter Olympics, based in Albertville, France.
It is a popular holiday destination for English tourists, owing to its easy accessibility via Eurostar direct from London and its cable-car link direct to the ski slopes at Méribel, a major resort eight miles (13 km) away.
Although Brides-les-Bains' main attraction to tourists is its convenience for Méribel, the village boasts a few attractions, including several health spas and a casino, and a few sites of historic or cultural interest, including the springs from which the town takes its name, a medieval church and a statue made out of piping titled "La Manche de Chapeau" (French: "The Sleeve of a Hat").
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