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    17 July 2013. "Col de la Croix Fry: Saint Jean de Sixt". climbbybike.com. Retrieved 17 July 2013. "Le col de la Croix-Fry dans le Tour de France" (in French)...
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    "piratical" notoriety was portrayed in Jean Richepin's play Le flibustier and in César Cui's eponymous opera. The corsairs of Saint-Malo not only forced English...
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    August 1892). "La Catastrophe de Saint-Gervais (12-13 Juillet 1892)". La Nature (1003). Retrieved 28 February 2016. Peillex, Jean-Marc (December 2013). "Projections:...
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    field”. Nearby villages include Manigod, Thônes, Le Grand Bornand, Saint-Jean-de-Sixt and the larger Chamonix. La Clusaz's main tourist draw is skiing during...
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  • Bonneville via the Borne gorge which leads to Saint-Jean-de-Sixt, From the east (Megève) via the Aravis col (1486 m, with a view of Mont Blanc) which leads...
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  • ski slopes (4 km) Saint-Gervais: 16 ski lifts, 28 ski slopes, 28 km of cross-country skiing Saint-Jean-d'Aulps Saint-Jean-de-Sixt: 2 ski lifts, 13 ski...
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    Central group (the watershed between the Little St Bernard Pass and the Col du Mont Cenis) the Western or French group, and the Eastern or Italian group...
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    Tom Morel (category École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni)
    Morel decided on commando operation against the Beau Séjour hotel at Saint-Jean-de-Sixt where the GMR were stationed. Thirty of them were taken prisoner....
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    Morzine has hosted Tour de France stage finishes on several occasions, thanks in part to the proximity of the notoriously steep Col de Joux-Plane climb. Morzine...
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    autoroute blanche, which ends at Le Fayet, a village in the commune of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. The 11.6-km Mont Blanc Tunnel, which opened in 1965,...
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