Mont Cenis
| Mont Cenis | ||
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 Reservoir at the Col du Mont Cenis |
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| height | 3612 m above sea level A. | |
| location |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , France Piedmont , Italy |
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| Mountains | Graian Alps | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 15 '37 " N , 6 ° 54' 3" E | |
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The Mont Cenis ( Italian Moncenisio or Monte Cenisio ) is a mountain massif in the Graian Alps . The French part of the region belongs to the outer zone of the Vanoise National Park ( French Parc National de la Vanoise ).
On a high plateau south of the massif, the pass is Mont Cenis with a height of 2083 m slm The pass road from Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis , Lanslevillard by Susa is on the French side, the department road D 1006 and on the Italian side, the State Road 25 .
To the south of the pass is the Lac du Mont Cenis reservoir . The border between France and Italy runs a little further south.
Tourism and hiking trails
The Mont Cenis Plateau is a popular destination. At Les Fontanettes there is a small historical museum and an Italian-French information center.
The Via Alpina and Alta Via Val di Susa long-distance hiking trails run over the Mont-Cenis plateau.
literature
- Sabine Bade, Wolfram Mikuteit: Piedmont hiking . Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2010, ISBN 978-3-89953-566-2 .
- Sabine Bade, Wolfram Mikuteit: Alta Via Val di Susa . 2nd Edition. Fernwege-Verlag, Roxheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-937304-77-9 .
- F. L – n .: Through and over the Mont-Cenis . In: The Gazebo . Issue 17, 1866, pp. 267–270 ( full text [ Wikisource ] - illustrated).
