La Tour-en-Maurienne
Col du Chaussy has served as a road pass in Savoie since the twentieth century, linking the high ground above La Tour-en-Maurienne with the wider Maurienne. At 1,533 metres, it lies in the French Alps on slopes above the Arc River valley. Meadows, grazing land and conifer woodland shape the terrain, with rounded ridges rising towards the surrounding Alpine massifs. The pass belongs to the Espace Nordique du Grand Coin, a local Nordic-skiing area that gives this part of the Maurienne a recreational role beyond the main valley road. Its winding approach is also known to road cyclists, while farms and small mountain settlements retain the working character of the uplands.
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La Tour-en-Maurienne occupies the slopes and floor of the Arc valley in the Maurienne area of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The commune brings together the former communes of Hermillon, Le Châtel and Pontamafrey-Montpascal, merged in 2019; its settlements extend from the main valley to higher mountain hamlets. The Arc, a major Alpine tributary of the Isère, has long given the Maurienne an east–west route toward the Italian border. Rather than a single urban centre, this is a dispersed Savoyard locality shaped by steep relief, transport routes and the rhythms of the Alps. Move on to other webcams in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to compare landscapes and settings around the Maurienne valley.
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