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{{More citations needed|date=June 2010}}{{Infobox mountain range |name=French Alps |native_name= |photo=FrenchAlps 03270006a.jpg |photo_caption=Aerial photograph of the Mont Blanc massif, the tallest mountain in the French Alps, seen from the west |country= |country1= |country2= |region_type=French regions |region=Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |border=| border1=Swiss Alps, Italian Alps |geology=Bündner schist | geology1=flysch | geology2=molasse | period=Tertiary | orogeny=Alpine orogeny |area_km2= | length_km=| length_orientation= |width_km= | width_orientation= |highest=Mont Blanc |elevation_m=4810.45 |coordinates = {{coord|45|50|01|N|06|51|54|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |map_image= Massif des Alpes map-fr.svg | map_caption=Ranges of the French Alps. }}The French Alps are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as the Mont Blanc massif, are shared with Switzerland and Italy. At {{convert|4808|m|ft|0}}, Mont Blanc (Italian: Monte Bianco), on the French-Italian border, is the highest mountain in the Alps, and the highest Western European mountain.[1] Notable towns in the French Alps include Grenoble, Chamonix, Annecy, Chambéry, Évian-les-Bains and Albertville. Ranges and summitsChain | Range | Highest summit | Elevation (m/ft) |
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Graian Alps | Mont Blanc Massif | Mont Blanc | {{convert|4810.45|m|ft|0}}}} | Graian Alps | Beaufortain Massif | Roignais | 2995|m|ft|0.0}} | Graian Alps | Lauzière Massif | Grand Pic de la Lauzière | 2829|m|ft|0}} | Graian Alps | Vanoise Massif | Grande Casse | 3855|m|ft|0}} | Graian Alps | Graian Alps central group | Pointe de Charbonnel | 3752 |m|ft|0}} | Dauphiné Alps | Belledonne Massif | Grand Pic de Belledonne | 2977|m|ft|0}} | Dauphiné Alps | Grandes Rousses | Pic Bayle | 3465|m|ft|0}} | Dauphiné Alps | Arves Massif | Aiguilles d'Arves | 3514|m|ft|0}} | Dauphiné Alps | Taillefer Massif | Le Taillefer | 2857|m|ft|0}} | Dauphiné Alps | Écrins Massif | Barre des Écrins | 4102|m|ft|0}} | Cottian Alps | Massif du Mont-Cenis | Pointe de Ronce | 3612|m|ft|0}} | Cottian Alps | Cerces Massif | Grand Galibier | 3229|m|ft|0}} | Cottian Alps | Queyras Massif | Rochebrune Peak | 3320|m|ft|0}} | Cottian Alps | Ubaye Massif (Orrenaye) | Aiguille de Chambeyron | 3411|m|ft|0}} | Maritime Alps | Mercantour Massif | Cime du Gélas | 3143|m|ft|0}} | Maritime Alps | Pelat Massif | Mont Pelat | 3050|m|ft|0}} | Maritime Alps | Massif des Trois-Évêchés | Tête de l'Estrop | 2961|m|ft|0}} | Ligurian Alps | Ligurian Alps | Punta Marguareis | 2651|m|ft|0}} | Savoy Prealps | Chablais Alps | Hauts-Forts | 2464|m|ft|0}} | Savoy Prealps | Haut-Giffre Massif | Haute Cime | 3257 |m|ft|0}} | Savoy Prealps | Aiguilles Rouges | Aiguille du Belvédère | 2965 |m|ft|0}} | Savoy Prealps | Bornes | Pointe Blanche | 2438|m|ft|0}} | Savoy Prealps | Aravis Range | Pointe Percée | 2750|m|ft|0}} | Savoy Prealps | Bauges | Arcalod | 2217|m|ft|0}} | Savoy Prealps | Chartreuse Mountains | Chamechaude | 2082|m|ft|0}} | Dauphiné Prealps | Vercors Massif | Grand Veymont | 2341|m|ft|0}} | Dauphiné Prealps | Diois Mountains | Mont Jocou | 2051|m|ft|0}} | Dauphiné Prealps | Dévoluy Mountains | Grande Tête de l'Obiou | 2789|m|ft|0}} | Provence Prealps | Bochaine | Mont Céüse | 2016|m|ft|0}} | Provence Prealps | Digne Prealps | Les Monges | 2115|m|ft|0}} | Provence Prealps | Baronnies | Mont Mare | 1603|m|ft|0}} | Provence Prealps | Vaucluse Mountains | Signal de Saint-Pierre | 1256|m|ft|0}} | Provence Prealps | Luberon Mountains | Mourre Nègre | 1125|m|ft|0}} | Maritime Prealps | Castellan Prealps | Puy de Rent | 1996|m|ft|0}} | Maritime Prealps | Nice Prealps | Pointe des Trois Communes | 2080|m|ft|0}} | |
Ski areasThe largest connected ski areas are: - Les Trois Vallées (Courchevel, Méribel, La Tania, Brides-les-Bains, Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, Les Menuires, Val Thorens and Orelle): 338 slopes, 600 km of pistes.
- Portes du Soleil (Avoriaz, Châtel, Morzine, Les Gets, Saint-Jean d'Aulps, La Chapelle d'Abondance, Abondance, Montriond, Swiss resorts): 288 slopes, 650 km of slopes not entirely connected.
- Paradiski (La Plagne, Peisey-Vallandry, Les Arcs), Champagny-en-Vanoise: 239 slopes, 420 km of slopes.
- Via Lattea (Montgenèvre, Italian resorts): 214 slopes, 400 km of slopes.
- Évasion Mont-Blanc (Combloux, Megève, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce, Les Contamines Monjoie): 183 slopes, 420 km of slopes not entirely connected.
- Espace Killy (Tignes, Val-d'Isère): 137 slopes, 300 km of slopes.
- Grand Massif (Flaine, Les Carroz, Morillon, Samoëns, Sixt): 134 slopes, 265 km of slopes.
- Les Aravis (La Clusaz, Manigod, La Croix Fry, Merdassier, Le Grand-Bornand): 133 slopes, 220 km of slopes not entirely connected.
- Les Grandes Rousses (L'Alpe d'Huez, Vaujany, Auris-en-Oisans, Oz-en-Oisans, Villard-Reculas): 117 slopes, 236 km of slopes.
- Serre Chevalier: 111 slopes, 250 km of slopes.
- La Forêt Blanche (Risoul, Vars): 104 slopes, 180 km of slopes.
- Les Sybelles (Le Corbier, La Toussuire, Les Bottières, Saint-Jean-d'Arves, Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Saint-Colomban-des-Villards): 96 slopes, 310 km of slopes.
- Valloire and Valmeinier: 83 slopes, 150 km of slopes.
- Grand Domaine (Valmorel, Saint-François-Longchamp): 82 slopes, 150 km of slopes
- Espace San Bernardo (La Rosière, La Thuile - Italy): 73 slopes, 150 km of slopes.
- Les Deux Alpes and La Grave: 69 slopes, 220 km of slopes.
The other large ski areas are: - Le Val d'Arly (Praz-sur-Arly, Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe, Flumet): 150 km of slopes.
- L'Espace Cristal (Les Saisies, Crest-Voland): 80 km of slopes
- L'Espace Diamant is a combination of Espace Val d'Arly and Espace Cristal with 185 km of slopes
- Villard-de-Lans et Corrençon-en-Vercors: 125 km of slopes
- Valberg - Beuil les Launes: 90 km of slopes
- Espace Lumière (Pra-Loup, Val d'Allos): 170 km of slopes
- Superdévoluy - La Joue du Loup: 100 km of slopes
ActivitiesA range of winter and summer activities are available in the French Alps. In the winter, these include skiing and snowboarding as well as alternatives such as snowshoeing, sledging. There is a range of other activities that happen such as gliding which most happens during the summer months.[2] Summer activities include hiking, mountaineering, biking and rock climbing.[3] GallerySee also- La Grande Odyssée
- 1924 Winter Olympics
- 1968 Winter Olympics
- 1992 Winter Olympics
- List of highest paved roads in Europe
- List of mountain passes
- List of national parks in the Alps
- List of ski areas and resorts in Europe
References{{Wikivoyage}}{{commonscat|Alps of France}}1. ^Mont Blanc shrinks by 45cm in two years 2. ^{{Cite web|title = frenchalps.co.uk - Your website dedicated to information on the French Alps|url = http://frenchalps.co.uk/|website = frenchalps.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-27|language = en-US}} 3. ^{{Cite web|title = French Alps Mountain Activities {{!}} frenchalps.co.uk|url = http://frenchalps.co.uk/french-alps-mountain-activities|website = frenchalps.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-27|language = en-US}}
- Raoul Blanchard (1938–1956), Les Alpes Occidentales. Paris: Édition Arthaud. (French)
- Roger Frison-Roche (1964), Les montagnes de la terre. Paris: Flammarion. (French)
- Sergio Marazzi (2005), Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA. Pavone Canavese (TO): Priuli & Verlucca editori. {{ISBN|978-88-8068-273-8}} (Italian)
- Sergio Marazzi, La "Suddivisione orografica internazionale unificata del Sistema Alpino" (SOIUSA) - article with maps and illustrations, PDF (Italian)
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