Sollières-Sardières
Sollières-Sardières | |
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Part of Val-Cenis | |
View from Sardières towards Sollières | |
Location of Sollières-Sardières | |
Sollières-Sardières Sollières-Sardières | |
| Coordinates: 45°15′54″N 6°48′33″E / 45.265°N 6.8092°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| Canton | Modane |
| Commune | Val-Cenis |
Area 1 | 33.31 km2 (12.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 192 |
| • Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 73500 |
| Elevation | 1,232–3,241 m (4,042–10,633 ft) (avg. 1,270 m or 4,170 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sollières-Sardières is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis.[2] It is located the heart of the Alps in the upper Maurienne valley 120 km long. Part of the region is within the Vanoise National Park. The remaining land is not included in the protected area called "zone peripherique" which has lesser environmental protection enforcement rules. Some flowers can only be found in the heights of the commune and in boreal regions. It has a small airstrip ICAO code: LFKD
- Villages and landscapes
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The village of Sardières in winter
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The village of Sollières
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The commune lies at the limit of the Vanoise National Park
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The Dent Parrachée
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Petit Mont Cenis Pass
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Monolithe of Sardières (93 m)
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Panoramic view of the massifs of Mont Cenis and Ambin
See also
References
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 8 August 2016 (in French)
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