Termignon
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| local community | Val-Cenis | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 17 ′ N , 6 ° 49 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 73500 | |
| Former INSEE code | 73290 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Termignon town center |
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Termignon (also Termignon-la-Vanoise ) is a commune Déléguée with 356 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the town of Val-Cenis in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It was part of the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and the canton of Modane .
With effect from January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Bramans , Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis , Lanslevillard , Sollières-Sardières and Termignon were merged to form Commune nouvelle Val-Cenis.
geography
Termignon is located in the French Alps, near the Col du Mont Cenis , on the former highway from Paris to Milan and on the Route des Grandes Alpes at an altitude of approx. 1300 m at the confluence of the Doron de Termignon and the Arc River . Part of the area is in the Vanoise National Park .
Attractions
- In Termignon there is a telegraph pole for the optical telegraph line from Paris to Milan.
- The statue of the “ weeping woman of Termignon ” is an unusual in its kind, created by the local artist Jaggi-Couvert Luc to commemorate the victims of the wars. It shows a woman dressed in regional costume crying for a close relative.
literature
- Sabine Bade, Wolfram Mikuteit: Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise - National Park Hike in Savoy , Fernwege-Verlag, Roxheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-937304-90-8 .
