2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, or more commonly, Chamonix is a town and commune in eastern France, in the Haute-Savoie département, at the foot of Mont Blanc. Chamonix - Geography. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is located at 45°55′8″N, 6°51′55″EIncluding:

• Chamonix - Geography
• Chamonix - Mountain sports
• Chamonix - History
• Chamonix - Sightseeing
• Chamonix - Miscellaneous

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Chamonix is a popular winter sports resort in France with one of the best skiing runs in the world. The 1924 Winter Olympics were held here. As the highest European mountain west of Russia, Mont Blanc holds a special allure for mountain climbers, and Jon Krakauer, in an essay in his collection Eiger Dreams, described the town as "the death-sport capital of the world." This refers to the fact, that Chamonix serves as an ideal playground for almost all types of outdoor activity, especially in their more extreme variants like ice climbing, rock climbing, extr ...

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Chamonix, Chamonix - Geography, Chamonix - Mountain sports, Chamonix - History, Chamonix - Sightseeing, Chamonix - Miscellaneous

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