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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

commune in Haute-Savoie, France
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Summary

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is a commune of France[1]. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ranks in the top 0.31% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,792 views/month, #95 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Alpine Town of the Year[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Bonneville[4], Haute-Savoie[5]
  • Country: France[6]
  • Instance of: border city[7]
  • Shares border with: Courmayeur[8], Les Houches[9], Passy[10], Servoz[11], Vallorcine[12]
  • Flag: flag of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[13]
  • Twinned administrative body: Aspen[14], Davos[15], Aosta[16], Cilaos[17], Courmayeur[18], Fujiyoshida[19], Garmisch-Partenkirchen[20]
  • Postal code: 74400[21]
  • Commons category: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[22]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[23], UTC+02:00[24]
  • Archives at: archives municipales de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[25]
  • Inception: 1091[26]
  • Significant event: 1924 Winter Olympics[27]
  • Official website: https://www.chamonix.fr/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chamonix[29]
  • Commons gallery: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[30]
  • Email address: mailto:sg@chamonix.fr[31]
  • Population: 8897[32], 8906[33], 9140[34], 8611[35], 8648[36], 8640[37], 8644[38], 8642[39], 8673[40], 8705[41]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[42]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[43]
  • Phone number: +33-4-50-53-11-13[44]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[46], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[47], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[48]
  • Capital of: canton of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[49]
  • Official name: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[50]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[51]

Why It Matters

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

FAQs

What awards did Chamonix-Mont-Blanc receive?

Honors received include Alpine Town of the Year[3].

Related Entities

Aosta Charlie's Angels Edward Whymper France John Everett Millais Passy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . alpenstaedte.org. Retrieved . alpenstaedte.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Populations légales 2013. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Located in → —
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    Archives at → archives municipales de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
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