Maurienne
As Maurienne an area in the French is Western Alps referred that the Valley of the Arc includes and its side valleys.
location
The Maurienne corresponds to the arrondissement Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region .
Between the Col de l'Iseran and Modane one speaks of the Haute-Maurienne , to St-Michel-de-Maurienne of the Moyenne-Maurienne and to the confluence with the Isère of the Basse Maurienne .
The Maurienne covers the southern part of the Vanoise massif and is part of the Parc national de la Vanoise founded in 1963 .
traffic
The A43 motorway , which connects Lyon with Turin , runs through the Maurienne from the start of the valley at Aiton to the Fréjus tunnel at Modane on the Italian border.
The major Alpine passes through which the Maurienne can be reached are:
- Col de l'Iseran and Col de la Madeleine from the Tarentaise
- Col du Mont Cenis from Italy
- Col du Galibier and Col du Télégraphe by Briançon
- Col de la Croix de Fer and Col du Glandon from Oisans and Grenoble
tourism
Ski areas
- St-Francois-Longchamp , connected to Valmorel , 165 kilometers of slopes
- Les Sybelles , one of the 10 largest ski areas in the Alps, with the resorts of La Toussuire, Le Corbier, Les Bottieres, Saint-Colomban-des-Villards, Saint-Jean-d'Arves and Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, 310 kilometers of slopes
- Galibier Thabor , with the towns of Valloire and Valmeinier, 150 kilometers of slopes
- Albiez-Montriond , 35 kilometers of slopes
- Les Karellis , 60 kilometers of slopes
- Trois Vallées , the largest ski area in the world, Orelle cable car , 600 kilometers of slopes
- Valfréjus above Modane , 70 kilometers of slopes
- La Norma , 65 kilometers of slopes
- Aussois , 55 kilometers of slopes
- Haute Maurienne Vanoise , formerly Val Cenis Vanoise , with the towns of Termignon, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis and Lanslevillard, 125 kilometers of slopes
- Bonneval-sur-Arc , 25 kilometers of slopes
Attractions
- Bonneval-sur-Arc , the only village in the Savoy department in the list of “ Most Beautiful Villages in France ”;
- Barrière de l'Esseillon , a five-forts defense structure built between 1817 and 1834 before Savoy was ceded to France.
Hiking trails
The high alpine long-distance hiking trail GR 5 leads from Col de l'Iseran to Modane through the Haute Maurienne.
Coming from the Tarentaise , three stages of the new cross-border long-distance hiking trail Via Alpina lead through the Haute Maurienne.
Sports
In the Haute-Maurienne, competitions in the Biathlon IBU Cup take place every winter . In summer 2008 the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2008 took place there.
