French Alps

part of the Alps mountain range in France
Place Mountain Range Q1630884

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
mountain range
Native label
Alpes françaises[11]

Location

Country
France[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 44.800°, 6.500°[9]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[2][3][4]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+4810.45[12]
Highest point
Mont Blanc[8]
More facts +4
Made from material
flysch, molasse[6][7]
Mountain range
Alps[14]
Time period
Tertiary[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Alpes françaises en French Alps ar الألب الفرنسية cs Francouzské Alpy de Französische Alpen el Γαλλικές Άλπεις fa آلپ فرانسه he האלפים הצרפתיים hi फ़्रान्सीसी एल्प्स id Alpen Perancis it Alpi francesi ja フランス・アルプス ja フランスアルプス ja フレンチアルプス ko 프랑스 알프스 nl Franse Alpen ru Французские Альпы sv Alpes françaises sv Franska Alperna th เฟรนช์แอลป์
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Alps aerial 1.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/03tmzj
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
franske_alper
Harper's tag
alps-french
NL CR AUT ID
ge128380
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtse06mhAhT2
Postimees topic ID
34496
Quora topic ID
French-Alps
Topic's main category
Category:French Alps
Vikidia article ID
fr:Alpes_françaises
Yle topic ID
18-142845

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Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Located in this place 2
Made from material 2
← Mountain range 2
Country 1
Highest point 1
Instance of 1
Mountain range 1
People born here 1
Time period 1
Topic's main category 1
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Summary

French Alps is a mountain range[1].

Body

Geography

Located in include Rhône-Alpes[2], a region of France[15], in France[16], founded in 1960[17]; Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[3], a region of France[18], in France[19], founded in 2016[20]; and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[4], a region of France[21], in France[22], founded in 1970[23], headquartered in Q66660222[24].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → alps-french
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: alps-french, Matched to alps french (#289913064) in Harper's tag"
  2. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mountain range → Alps
    Made from material → flysch, molasse
    Coordinate location → 44.800°, 6.500°
    Category for the view of the item → Category:Views of Alps across Lake Geneva
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0294890-Alpy-francouzske-pohori, batch #259599"
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