Chamonix
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Chamonix | ||
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 The Chamonix valley seen frae la Flégère | ||
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  Chamonix Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Chamonix | ||
| Coordinates: 45°55′23″N 6°52′11″E / 45.9231°N 6.8697°ECoordinates: 45°55′23″N 6°52′11″E / 45.9231°N 6.8697°E | ||
| Kintra | Fraunce | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Depairtment | Haute-Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville | |
| Canton | Chamonix-Mont-Blanc | |
| Intercommunality | Pays du Mont-Blanc | |
| Govrenment | ||
| • Mayor (2008–14) | Éric Fournier | |
| Area 1 | 245.46 km2 (94.77 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 9,514 | |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74056 /74400 | |
| Elevation | 995–4,810 m (3,264–15,781 ft) (avg. 1,035 m or 3,396 ft) | |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | ||
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc,[1] mair commonly kent simply as Chamonix[2] (umwhile an aa spelled Chamounix), is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in sooth-eastren Fraunce.
Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]
Twin touns — Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Chamonix is twinned wi:
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References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ French pronunciation: [ʃamɔnimɔ̃blɑ̃].
- ↑ French pronunciation: [ʃamɔni].
- ↑ Annuaire-Mairie.fr. "Ville d'Aoste" (in French). Retrieved 2013-06-18.