Chamonix

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Chamonix is a renowned French alpine town and ski resort in the Haute-Savoie region, famous for its dramatic mountain scenery and mountaineering history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
host city of the Olympic Games
ski resort
tourist destination
connectedByTunnelTo Courmayeur
country France
elevation 1035 metres
elevationMax 4810 metres
elevationMin 995 metres
hasCableCar Aiguille du Midi
surface form: Aiguille du Midi cable car
hasRailway Montenvers Railway
hasSkiArea Brévent-Flégère
Grands Montets
Chamonix self-linksurface differs
surface form: Le Tour–Balme

Les Houches
hostedEvent 1924 Winter Olympics
INSEECODE 74056
knownFor alpine climbing
alpine skiing
dramatic mountain scenery
mountaineering
off-piste skiing
trail running
languageSpoken French
locatedAtBaseOf Mont Blanc
locatedIn Alps
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Alps
surface form: French Alps

Haute-Savoie
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Arrondissement of Bonneville
Canton of Le Mont-Blanc
nativeNameLanguage fr
near Aiguille du Midi
Mer de Glace
notableEvent Mont-Blanc Marathon
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
officialName Chamonix self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
partOf Chamonix self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vallée de Chamonix
postalCode 74400
primaryEconomicActivity tourism
winter sports industry
regionallySpokenLanguage Arpitan
shortName Chamonix self-link
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
traversedBy Arve River
tunnel Mont Blanc Tunnel
twinTown Courmayeur
Fujiyoshida
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Sochi
surface form: Krasnaya Polyana

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Argentière locatedIn Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Argentière locatedInValley Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix Valley
Argentière partOf Chamonix
this entity surface form: commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Chamonix ski areas mainTown Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Argentière Glacier near Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Les Houches ski area locatedNear Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Alps (in clear weather) hasCity Chamonix
subject surface form: Alps
Lac Vert nearbySettlement Chamonix
subject surface form: Lac Vert (Passy)
this entity surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Plateau d’Assy near Chamonix
Michel Poletti residence Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix, France
Michel Poletti basedIn Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Herbert Clarke place of competition Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix, France
Pays du Mont-Blanc locatedNear Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Mont-Blanc region contains Chamonix
this entity surface form: Vallée de Chamonix
Mont-Blanc region hasTown Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Tête Rousse area closestMajorTown Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Les Flammes de Pierre nearestTown Chamonix
this entity surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
North face of Les Drus near Chamonix
North face of Les Drus approachFrom Chamonix
this entity surface form: Vallée de Chamonix
Frendo Spur on Aiguille du Midi overlooks Chamonix
subject surface form: Frendo Spur
this entity surface form: Chamonix valley