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Adventure Details: Chamonix



Chamonix

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More than a winter sports resort, Chamonix is a legend nestling amid peaks and glaciers. It is nestled in the heart of the Northern Alps at the crossroads of the three frontiers separating France, Italy and Switzerland. Chamonix is the historic capital of Alpine skiing. It is among Europe's major sports resorts, attracting an international crowd with lots of English and Swedish skiers. Thrill seekers also flock here for mountain climbing and hang gliding. A charming old-fashioned mountain town, Chamonix has a breathtaking.

Address:
Phone: +33 450 53 00 24
Email: info@chamonixvalley.net
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About France


Location: Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain

Climate: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral

Population: 64,473,140 (January 2008 est.)

Language: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

Capital: Paris

Currency: Euro

International Airports: Angoulême-Brie-Champniers Intl. Airport, Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne Intl. Airport, Brest International Airport, Le Havre International Airport, Nice Côte d"Azur International Airport, Paris - Beauvais Airport, Paris Orly International Airport,

Calling Codes:

IDD International Prefix: 00 (France Telecom)
40 (TELE 2),
50 (OMNICOM)
70 (LE 7 CEGETEL),
90 (9 TELECOM)

NDD National Prefix: 0

Country Code: +33

Electric Currents:

Voltage: 230V

Frequency: 50 Hz

Plug: E

Time Zone: GMT+1
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Art Galleries/Museum
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Festival/Holidays

2008
1 Jan New Year's Day. 
24 Mar Easter Monday.
1 May Labour Day.
1 May Ascension. 
8 May 1945 Victory Day. 
12 May Whit Monday.
14 Jul Bastille Day.
15 Aug Assumption.
1 Nov All Saints' Day.
11 Nov Remembrance Day.
25 Dec Christmas Day.

2009
1 Jan New Year's Day. 
13 Apr Easter Monday.
1 May Labour Day.
8 May 1945 Victory Day. 
1 Jun Whit Monday.
21 May Ascension. 
14 Jul Bastille Day.
15 Aug Assumption.
1 Nov All Saints' Day.
11 Nov Remembrance Day.
25 Dec Christmas Day.

Note

In France, the months of July and August are traditionally when the French take their holidays. For this reason, the less touristic parts of France are quiet during these months, while coastal resorts, especially in the south, are very crowded.
Honeymoon Spots
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Observatories
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Airports
Name: Aérodrome d'Abbeville - Buigny - Saint Maclou XAB/LFOI
Address: RN1 80000 Abbeville
Details:

tél: 03 22 24 05 21
fax: 03 22 31 24 38

Name: Aérodrome d'Agen - La Garenne AGF/LFBA
Address: 47520 Le Passage
Details:

Tél: 05.53.77.00.88
fax: 05 53 96 41 84
e-mail: aeroport.agen@wanadoo.fr
web: http://www.aeroport-agen.com/

Name: Aérodrome d'Aix-en-Provence QXB/LFMA
Address: Chemin de la Badesse 13290 Aix les Milles
Details:

tél: 04 42 24 48 70
fax: 04 42 39 28 04

Name: Aéroport d'Ajaccio Campo Dell'Oro AJA/LFKJ
Address: 20090 Ajaccio cedex
Details:

tél: 04 95 23 56 56
fax: 04 95 23 56 01

Name: Aérodrome de Albi - Le Séquestre LBI/LFCI
Address: 81990 Le Séquestre
Details:

tél: 05 63 54 38 49
fax: 05 63 54 24 00

Name: Aérodrome de Alençon - Valframbert XAN/LFOF
Address: Rue Francis-Cagnard 61000 Alençon
Details:

tél: 02 33 29 25 86
fax: 02 33 31 93 17
web: http://www.aeroclub-alencon.org/dyn/accueil.php

Name: Aérodrome de Amiens - Glisy QAM/LFAY
Address: RN 29 - Route de Saint-Quentin 80440 Glisy
Details:

tél: 03 22 38 10 60
fax: 02 22 38 11 68

Name: Aéroport de Ancenis /LFFI
Address: 60,place Hélène Boucher 44150 Ancenis
Details:

tél: 02 40 96 13 90
fax: 02 40 96 13 86

Name: Aéroport de Angers Loire Aéroport ANE/LFJR
Address: 49140 Marcé
Details:

tél: 02 41 33 50 20
fax: 02 41 33 50 16
web: http://www.angers.aeroport.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Angoulême - Brie Champniers ANG/LFBU
Address: 16430 Champniers
Details:

tél: 05 45 69 88 09
fax: 05 45 69 47 00
web: http://www.angouleme.cci.fr/aeroport.html

Name: Aéroport de Arras - Roclincourt QRV/LFQD
Address: 62223 Roclincourt
Details:

tél: 03 21 55 36 74

Name: Aérodrome de Aubenas Ardèche méridionale OBS/LFHO
Address: BP 215 7200 Aubenas
Details:

tél: 04 75 35 23 80
fax: 04 75 35 36 56

Name: Aéroport de Auch - Lamothe AUC/LFDH
Address: Route d'Agen 32000 Auch
Details:

tél: 05 62 63 06 07
fax: 05 62 63 17 03

Name: Aéroport de Aurillac AUR/LFLW
Address: 15000 Aurillac
Details:

tél: 04 71 64 50 00
fax: 04 71 64 51 59

Name: Aérodrome de Autun - Bellevue XXG/LFQF
Address: BP 8 71402 Autun Cedex
Details:

tél: 03 85 52 14 40
fax: 03 85 52 14 40

Name: Aérodrome de Auxerre - Branches XXH/LFLA
Address: 89380 Appoigny
Details:

tél: 03 86 48 31 89
fax: 03 86 42 97 06
web: http://www.yonne.cci.fr

Name: Aéroport de Avignon AVN/LFMV
Address: 141, allée de la Chartreuse 84140 Montfavet
Details:

tél: 04 90 81 51 51
fax: 04 90 81 51 66
web: http://www.avignon.aeroport.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse MLH/LFSB
Address: EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg BP 120 68304 Saint Louis Cedex
Details:

tél: 03 89 90 31 11
fax: 03 89 90 25 77
web: http://www.euroairport.com/

Name: Aéroport de Bastia-Poretta BIA/LFKB
Address: 20290 Borgo
Details:

tél: 04 95 54 54 54
fax: 04 95 54 54 56
web: http://www.bastia.aeroport.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Beauvais - Tillé BVA/LFOB
Address: 60000 Tillé
Details:

tél: 03 44 11 46 66
fax: 03 44 11 46 60
web: http://www.cci-oise.fr/

Name: Aérodrome de Belle-Ile-en-Mer /LFEA
Address: Aérodrome de Belle-Ile 56360 BANGOR
Details:

tél: 02 97 31 83 09
fax: 02 97 31 31 92

Name: Aéroport de Bergerac - Roumanière EGC/LFBE
Address: Route d'Agen 24100 Bergerac
Details:

tél: 05 53 22 25 25
fax: 05 53 24 35 43

Name: Aérodrome de Besançon - La Vèze QBQ/LFQM
Address: 25660 La Vèze
Details:

tél: 03 81 83 15 32
fax: 03 81 83 45 22

Name: Aéroport de Béziers - Vias BZR/LFMU
Address: RN 112 34450 Portiragnes
Details:

tél: 04 67 809 909
fax: 04 67 809 910
web: http://www.beziers.aeroport.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne BIQ/LFBZ
Address: 7, esplanade de l'Europe 64600 Anglet
Details:

tél: +33 559 438 383
fax: +33 559 438 386

Name: Aéroport de Blois - Le Breuil XBQ/LFOQ
Address: 41330 Villefrancoeur
Details:

tél: 02 54 20 17 18
fax: 02 54 33 10 71

Name: Aéroport de Bora Bora BOB/NTTB
Address: Bora Bora, Polynésie Française
Details:

tél: 00 689 67 70 14
fax: 00 689 67 70 14

Name: Aéroport de Bordeaux BOD/LFBD
Address: Cidex 40 33700 Mérignac
Details:

tél: 05 56 34 50 00
fax: 05 56 34 23 01
web: http://www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Bourges BOU/LFLD
Address: Esplanade de l’Aéroport BP 54 18001 Bourges
Details:

tél: 02 48 50 37 11
fax: 02 48 21 18 84

Name: Aéroport de Brest Bretagne BES/LFRB
Address: 29490 Guipavas
Details:

tél: 02 98 32 01 00
fax: 02 98 84 87 32
web: http://www.brest.aeroport.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Caen - Carpiquet CFR/LFRK
Address: 14650 Carpiquet
Details:

tél: 02 31 71 20 10
fax: 02 31 26 01 92
web: http://www.caen.aeroport.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Calais - Dunkerque CQF/LFAC
Address: 62730 Marck
Details:

tél: 03 21 82 70 66
fax: 03 21 35 64 77

Name: Aéroport de Calvi - Sainte-Catherine CLY/LFKC
Address: 20260 Calvi
Details:

tél: 04 95 65 88 88
fax: 04 95 65 88 99
web: http://www.calvi.aeroport.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Cannes - Mandelieu CEQ/LFMD
Address: 06150 Cannes-La Bocca
Details:

tél: 0 820 426 666
fax: 04 93 90 40 15
web: http://www.cannes.aeroport.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Carcassonne - Salvaza CCF/LFMK
Address: Route de Montréal 11000 Carcassonne
Details:

tél: 04 68 71 96 46
fax: 04 68 71 96 48
web: http://www.carcassonne.cci.fr/pages/aeroport.htm

Name: Aéroport de Castres - Mazamet DCM/LFCK
Address: Le Causse 81290 Labruguière
Details:

tél: 05 63 70 34 77
fax: 05 63 72 82 54

Name: Aéroport de Cayenne - Rochambeau CAY/SOCA
Address: 97351 Matoury
Details:

tél: 05 94 29 97 00
fax: 05 94 29 97 03
web: http://www.guyane.cci.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Chalon-Champforgeuil XCD/LFLH
Address: RN 6 71530 Champforgeuil
Details:

tél: 03 85 46 14 48
fax: 03 85 46 47 56

Name: Aéroport de Chambéry-Savoie aéroport CMF/LFLB
Address: 73420 Viviers du Lac
Details:

tél: 04 79 54 49 54
fax: 04 79 54 49 61
web: http://www.chambery-airport.com/

Name: Aérodrome de Charleville-Mézières XCZ/LFQV
Address: 08090 Charleville-Mézières
Details:

tél: 03 24 52 94 61
fax: 03 24 52 90 04
web: http://www.ardennes.cci.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Châteauroux-Déols-Marcel Dassault CHR/LFLX
Address: RN 20 36130 Déols
Details:

tél: 02 54 60 53 53
fax: 02 54 60 53 54
web: http://www.chateauroux-airport.com/

Name: Aéroport de Chaumont - Semoutiers XCW/LFJA
Address: 52000 Villiers-le-sec
Details:

tél: 03 25 32 21 57
fax: 03 25 32 21 57

Name: Aérodrome de Chavenay - Villepreux XZX/LFPX
Address: 78450 Villepreux
Details:

tél: 01 30 56 28 71
fax: 01 30 56 07 98
web: http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/

Name: Aérodrome de Chelles-le-Pin XXY/LFPH
Address: 77500 Chelles
Details:

tél: 01 60 20 04 33
fax: 01 60 20 63 83
web: http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Cherbourg - Maupertus CER/LFRC
Address: 7 rue Jean Mermoz 50330 Gonneville
Details:

tél: 02 33 88 57 60
fax: 02 33 22 90 64
web: http://www.aeroport-cherbourg.com/

Name: Aéroport de Clermont-Ferrand - Auvergne CFE/LFLC
Address: 63510 Aulnat
Details:

tél: 04 73 62 71 00
fax: 04 73 62 71 29
web: http://www.clermont-fd.cci.fr/aeroport/aeroport.php

 

Name: Aéroport de Cognac - Châteaubernard CNG/LFBG
Address: Le Parveau 16100 Châteaubernard
Details:

tél: 05 45 32 00 64
fax: 05 45 36 32 28

Name: Aéroport de Colmar - Houssen CMR/LFGA
Address: 43 route de Strasbourg 68000 Colmar
Details:

tél: 03 89 20 22 90
fax: 03 89 20 22 99

Name: Aéroport de Colmar - Houssen CMR/LFGA
Address: 43 route de Strasbourg 68000 Colmar
Details:

tél: 03 89 20 22 90
fax: 03 89 20 22 99

Name: Aérodrome de Coulommiers - Voisins XWA/LFPK
Address: 77120 Coulommiers
Details:

tél: 01 64 03 04 67
fax: 01 64 03 32 46
web: http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/

Name: Aéroport de Deauville - Saint-Gatien DOL/LFRG
Address: 14130 Saint-Gatien-des-Bois
Details:

tél: 02 31 65 65 65
fax: 02 31 65 46 46
web: http://www.deauville.aeroport.fr/

Banks
None at this moment.
Electric Currents
Name: Type E
Details:

Voltage: 230V
Frequency: 50 Hz
Plug: E

Type E
Round pins plug and receptacle with male grounding pin
Tourism Offices
None at this moment
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General Info (France)


Location: Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain

Climate: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral

Population: 64,473,140 (January 2008 est.)

Language: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

Capital: Paris

Currency: Euro

International Airports: Angoulême-Brie-Champniers Intl. Airport, Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne Intl. Airport, Brest International Airport, Le Havre International Airport, Nice Côte d"Azur International Airport, Paris - Beauvais Airport, Paris Orly International Airport,

Calling Codes:

IDD International Prefix: 00 (France Telecom)
40 (TELE 2),
50 (OMNICOM)
70 (LE 7 CEGETEL),
90 (9 TELECOM)

NDD National Prefix: 0

Country Code: +33

Electric Currents:

Voltage: 230V

Frequency: 50 Hz

Plug: E

Time Zone: GMT+1
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