Les Houches
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Commune of Les Houches |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville |
| Canton | Chamonix-Mont-Blanc |
| Mayor | Patrick Dole (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 796 m–4,280 m (avg. 1,008 m) |
| Land area¹ | 43.07 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,706 |
| - Density | 62/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 74143/ 74310 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Les Houches is a village and commune in the Haute-Savoie département, in the French Alps.
It is a ski-resort, and is located 6 kilometres away from Chamonix.
There is a famous physics summer school, which has been attended by many Nobel prize laureates as teachers or students before they received their prize. Also, the Les Houches Accords were written here, which are important in high energy physics.
Les Houches is the start/finish of the popular 'Tour-du-Mont-Blanc'. A 7-10 day walk around the base of the Mont-Blanc Massif which takes in France, Italy & Switzerland.
Transport to/from Geneva Airport is available with www.chamexpress.com who operate a scheduled, shared transfer service at 25 Euros per person.
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