The French Alps ( French : Alpes françaises ; Arpitan : Ârpes francêses ; Occitan : Aups francesas ; Ligurian : Arpi françéixi ) are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France , located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as the Mont Blanc massif , are shared with Switzerland and Italy .
2-594: Massif des Écrins ( French: [ma.sif de.z‿e.kʁɛ̃] ; Écrins Massif) are a massif in the French Alps . They form the core of Écrins National Park in Hautes-Alpes and Isère . This Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . French Alps At 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), Mont Blanc , on
4-653: The France–Italy border , is the highest mountain in the Alps, and the highest Western European mountain . Notable towns in the French Alps include Grenoble , Chamonix , Annecy , Chambéry , Évian-les-Bains and Albertville . The largest connected ski areas are: The other large ski areas are: A range of winter and summer activities are available in the French Alps. In the winter, these include skiing and snowboarding as well as alternatives such as snowshoeing, sledging. There
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