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Sollières-Sardières

Coordinates: 45°15′54″N 6°48′33″E / 45.265°N 6.8092°E / 45.265; 6.8092
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Sollières-Sardières
The commune lies at the limit of the Vanoise national park
The commune lies at the limit of the Vanoise national park
Location of Sollières-Sardières
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Sollières-Sardières is located in France
Sollières-Sardières
Sollières-Sardières
Sollières-Sardières is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sollières-Sardières
Sollières-Sardières
Coordinates: 45°15′54″N 6°48′33″E / 45.265°N 6.8092°E / 45.265; 6.8092
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentSavoie
ArrondissementSaint-Jean-de-Maurienne
CantonModane
Area
1
33.31 km2 (12.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
188
 • Density5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
73287 /73500
Elevation1,232–3,241 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.[1] It is located the heart of the Alps in the upper Maurienne valley 120 km long. Part of the region is within the alpine national park of Vanoise. The remaining land is not included in the protected area called "zone peripherique" which has lesser environmental protection enforcement rules. Some flowers can only be found in the heights of the commune and in boreal regions. It has a small airstrip ICAO code: LFKD

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