Chamonix Mont Blanc, France... All the info about this wonderful place in the French Alps
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Chamonix Mont Blanc Information
The town of Chamonix Mont-Blanc:
Location: 45° 55 ′23″ N 6° 52′ 11″ E, 1042m (3,396 ft) above sea level
A town within a commune of the same name. The department is the Haute-Savoie, which has Annecy as its capital. The Region is Rhone-Alp, with Lyon as its capital.
The 1999 census recorded 9830 people domiciled with a density of 41 inhabitants/km.
However, second home owners and renters, many of whom are EU citizens make a base population closer to an estimated 13000. When 'seasonnaires' arrive during the tourist seasons, 9 months of the year, these workers, servicing the tourist industry increase the population to about 20000.- Who?Where?What?Header 4Header 5
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The resident population of the valley is about 10,000.
Pointing to Mont Blanc
The seasonal workers and tourists can add another 100,000 on any given day in a winter high season week and 130,000 in the summer.
Density : 41 inhabitants/km²
Twin Towns:
Courmayeur Italy (twinned in 1966)
Garmisch Germany (twinned in 1973)
Fujiyoshida Japan (twinned in 1978)
Aspen United States (twinned in 1987)
Cilaos Réunion (twinned in 1988)
Davos
