Maurienne in the context of "Col du Télégraphe"

Vanoise National Park (French: Parc national de la Vanoise) is a French national park between the Tarentaise and Maurienne valleys in the French Alps, containing the Vanoise massif. It was created in 1963 as the first national park in France.

Vanoise National Park is in the département of Savoie. Small villages like Champagny-le-Haut, Termignon, La Chiserette, Bramans, Sollières-Sardières, Friburge, Pralognan-la-Vanoise and Séez, lie near the park. The park is bordered by several large French ski resorts (Les Trois Vallées, Tignes, Val-d'Isère, Les Arcs, La Plagne). L'Ecot, a traditional hamlet of Bonneval-sur-Arc located inside the protected area, is also part of the park.

Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl də mɔʁjɛn], literally Saint-Michel of Maurienne; Savoyard: Sin Mestyé) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis (Savoyard: Sin Dlin) is a commune, in Maurienne Valley, in Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

The Vanoise massif (French: massif de la Vanoise, pronounced [masif də la vanwaz]) is a mountain range of the Graian Alps, located in the Western Alps. After the Mont Blanc Massif and the Écrins Massif it is the third-highest massif in France, reaching a height of 3,885 m at the summit of Grande Casse. It lies between Tarentaise Valley to the north and the Maurienne Valley in the south. The range is the site of France's first national park, established in 1963, Vanoise National Park. The ski resorts of Tignes and Val-d'Isère and the 2,770-metre-high Col de l'Iseran are located in the eastern part of the range.

Termignon (Savoyard: Trémyon) is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis. It is ideally located in the Maurienne region with good transport links in and out of Modane, Lyon, Geneva and Chambéry.

Sollières-Sardières (Savoyard: Sôlère Sardére) is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis. It is located the heart of the Alps in the upper Maurienne valley 120 km long. Part of the region is within the Vanoise National Park. The remaining land is not included in the protected area called "zone peripherique" which has lesser environmental protection enforcement rules. Some flowers can only be found in the heights of the commune and in boreal regions. It has a small airstrip ICAO code: LFKD

• Villages and landscapes
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  The village of Sardières in winter
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  The village of Sollières
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  The commune lies at the limit of the Vanoise National Park
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  The Dent Parrachée
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  Petit Mont Cenis Pass
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  Monolithe of Sardières (93 m)
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  Panoramic view of the massifs of Mont Cenis and Ambin