Sollières-Sardières

Sollières-Sardières
Part of Val-Cenis
View from Sardières towards Sollières
Location of Sollières-Sardières
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Coordinates: 45°15′54″N 6°48′33″E / 45.265°N 6.8092°E / 45.265; 6.8092
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Canton	Modane
Commune	Val-Cenis
Area 1	33.31 km2 (12.86 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	170
• Density	5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	73500
Elevation	1,232–3,241 m (4,042–10,633 ft) (avg. 1,270 m or 4,170 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sollières-Sardières is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis.^[2] It is located the heart of the Alps in the upper Maurienne valley 120 km long.^{[citation needed]} Part of the region is within the Vanoise National Park.^{[citation needed]} The remaining land is not included in the protected area called "zone peripherique" which has lesser environmental protection enforcement rules.^{[citation needed]} Some flowers can only be found in the heights of the commune and in boreal regions.^{[citation needed]} It has a small airstrip ICAO code: LFKD^{[citation needed]}

• Villages and landscapes
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  The village of Sardières in winter
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  The village of Sollières
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  The commune lies at the limit of the Vanoise National Park
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  The Dent Parrachée
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  Petit Mont Cenis Pass
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  Monolithe of Sardières (93 m)
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  Panoramic view of the massifs of Mont Cenis and Ambin

See also

• Communes of the Savoie department

References

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