Val d'Isère
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Albertville | |
| Canton | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | |
| Community association | Haute Tarentaise | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 27 ' N , 6 ° 59' E | |
| height | 1,785-3,599 m | |
| surface | 94.39 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,555 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 73150 | |
| INSEE code | 73304 | |
| Website | www.val-disere.com | |
 Baroque church in the small old town center |
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Val d'Isere is a French commune with 1,555 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Alps in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The community with the two districts of La Daille and Le Fornet is at 1,800 meters above sea level. The local mountains Solaise and Bellevarde rise on both sides of the village . Together with Tignes , Val-d'Isère forms the Espace Killy ski area , which is named after the French Olympic champion Jean-Claude Killy .
Val-d'Isère is known as the venue for the first snow criterion . This ski race as part of the Alpine Ski World Cup traditionally takes place in December on the Oreiller-Killy slope , and since the 2007/08 season the men have been skiing on the La face de Bellevarde route . At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , Val-d'Isère was the venue for the men's alpine skiing competitions, with the descent on the newly created, difficult La face de Bellevarde piste in particular causing a sensation. The Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 also took place here.
geography
Val-d'Isère is located at the head of the Isère valley in the Tarentaise . In the south, via the 2764 meter high Col de l'Iseran, built in 1937, the Maurienne valley and the Col du Mont Cenis can be reached in summer . The Little St. Bernard Pass is located to the north and connects to the Aosta Valley in Italy in summer . These passes are often part of the Tour de France and are often used by cyclists for training purposes. The Vanoise National Park joins behind the ski area .
history
The proximity to the Kleiner Sankt-Bernhard-Pass made the place an important stop for business people traveling through. Skiing has developed since 1934 and is now the town's most important source of income.
On February 10, 1970, a fresh snow avalanche hit an accommodation of the French sports organization UCPA (in the eastern part of the village) and killed 39 young people in the entrance area. As a result, avalanche protection structures were installed.
Personalities
- Henri Oreiller (1925–1962), 1948 first French Olympic champion at the Winter Games
- Christine Goitschel (* 1944), ski racer, Olympic champion in slalom 1964 in Innsbruck
- Marielle Goitschel (* 1945), ski racer, Olympic champion in the giant slalom 1964 in Innsbruck
- Mathieu Bozzetto (* 1973), five-time snowboarding world champion
- Ingrid Jacquemod (* 1978), ski racer
literature
- Christian Hannss: Val d'Isère - development and problems of a winter sports area in the French northern Alps. In: H. Wilhelmy, H. Blume, KH Schröder, A. Karger (Eds.): Tübinger geographical studies. Issue 56, self-published by the Geographical Institute of the University of Tübingen, Tübingen 1974.
