Les Houches

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Les Houches

Total population

3,353

Air quality index

32Good

Elevation796 m

Land area43.07 km²

WeatherAvg high 57.1°F

Coordinates45.89°, 6.80°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Les Houches is an alpine commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. It is located just west of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the larger canton of Le Mont-Blanc.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Pierre Emmanuel Robe

ski jumper from France

Philippe Bozon

French ice hockey player and coach

Alexis Bouvard

French astronomer (1767-1843)

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Delphyne Heymann

French biathlete

Nicole Hassler

figure skater (1941–1996)

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Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet

French alpine skier (1926–2022)

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Jan Ducroz

French curler

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Richard Ducroz

French male curler

Tony Angiboust

French male curler

Thomas Dufour

French male curler and coach

Laurent Gras

French ice hockey player

Georgette Thiollière-Miller

French alpine skier (1920–2010)

Marie Paradis

first woman to climb Mont Blanc (1779-1839)

Anthony Obert

French alpine skier

Michel-Gabriel Paccard

Italian mountain climber (1757-1827)

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Chloé Georges

French acrobatic skier

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

• Magland
  12.4 mi away · pop. 3,251
• Marnaz
  17.5 mi away · pop. 5,827
• Morzine
  20.4 mi away · pop. 2,660
• Ugine
  20.7 mi away · pop. 7,148
• Thônes
  22.9 mi away
• Aime
  24.2 mi away · pop. 4,421
• Mercury
  26.9 mi away · pop. 3,411
• Gilly-sur-Isère
  27 mi away · pop. 3,076
• Thorens-Glières
  27.4 mi away · pop. 9,547
• Doussard
  29 mi away · pop. 3,626
• Saint-Jorioz
  30.8 mi away · pop. 6,287
• Vétraz-Monthoux
  32.5 mi away · pop. 9,874

Browse all places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Gallery

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