French Alps
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Elevation | 4810 |
|---|---|
| French regions | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Borders on | Swiss Alps |
| Alps | |
| Highest point | Mont Blanc |
| Regions | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2951906 |
About French Alps
The French Alps 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.
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... " Owain was inspired to set up his business after working as a snowboard instructor in the French Alps for 12 years where he witnessed increasingly as a result of climate change...
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... " At the time her family, who live in the French Alps, questioned her decision - but now they ask after Stuart s health...
French skier investigated over collision with British girl
...A skier who was involved in a fatal collision with a five-year-old British girl in the French Alps has been placed under investigation...
French skier investigated over collision with British girl
A skier who was involved in a fatal collision with a five-year-old British girl in the French Alps has been placed under investigation.
The Girl , named locally as Ophélie, was taking part in a group lesson at the weekend in Flaine in Haute-Savoie.
She received immediate First Aid from The Man himself, who is a local volunteer fireman, but she died in the helicopter taking her to hospital.
Her parents are a British couple living across The Swiss border in Geneva.
The Man under investigation - a local in his 40s - Faces a possible charge of involuntary manslaughter. The Local prosecutor also requested that The Man , after The Accident , be placed under judicial supervision, which usually means restrictions on the person's movement.
The Little Girl was one of a group of five children receiving instruction on Saturday Morning from a qualified instructor on an easy slope in the resort of Flaine near Chamonix, says The Bbc 's Hugh Schofield In Paris .
According to The Local state prosecutor, The Man skiing downhill collided with her at High Speed .
" The Child was in a queue behind The Group and was about to make a right turn when she was very violently hit by a skier going at High Speed who tried In Vain to avoid her, " according to a statement from The Local Bonneville prosecutor's office,
If charged, The Man Faces up to three years in prison and a fine of €45,000 (£37,600).
Source of news: bbc.com
