French Alps

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Classic French division of the Alps

The French Alps are the French part of the Alps, the southwestern part of the Western Alps. The highest peak is 4,810 m high Mont Blanc.

They include according to the Alpine Convention an area of ​​40,802 km ² with 1,749 municipalities. They are located in the regions of Rhône -Alpes and Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur.

Subsequent to the southwest hill areas Massif des Maures and the Bouches -du -Rhône ( the Rhone estuary ) are now generally no longer counted among the Alps.

Structure

Classically, it is divided into the Alps of France - quite non-specific - in:

  • French High Alps, in the central area as the Swiss- Italian border
  • Maritime Alps, Alpine ridge and foothills to the Mediterranean
  • French Alps, the western ridges and hills against the Rhône towards

Under climatic and regional point of view are divided roughly:

  • Northern Alps, between Mont Blanc and the Ecrins, with western foothills
  • Southern Alps, between Ecrines and Grasse, with southwestern foothills

After the division SOIUSA France participates in the following areas:

  • ( 1) Ligurian Alps ( Punta Marguareis, 2,661 m)
  • ( 2) Maritime Alps ( Monte Argentera, 3,297 m)
  • ( 3) Provence Alps ( Tête de l' Estrop, 2,961 m)
  • ( 4) Cottian Alps ( Monviso, 3,841 m)
  • ( 5) Dauphiné Alps ( Ecrins Barre des, 4,102 m)
  • (6 ) Dauphiné Alps ( Obiou, 2,790 m)
  • ( 7) Grajische Alps ( Mont Blanc, 4810 m)
  • ( 8) Savoyard Alps (Haute Cime des Dents du Midi, 3257 m)
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