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Tour de France 2015, spectateurs Le Châtel
Sight of spectators and supporters of Tour de France 2015 cyclist competition, waiting the cyclists at Le Châtel in the Maurienne valley ( Savoie ), during the 18th stage. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Sight of spectators and supporters of Tour de France 2015 cyclist competition, waiting the cyclists at Le Châtel in the Maurienne valley ( Savoie ), during the 18th stage
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Châtel
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Châtel.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Châtel is a commune on the Swiss border in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Châtel before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Châtel
La Belle Dimanche is the farmers tribute to the "beautiful sunday" and is held up in the Plaine Dranse up from the ski lift Pierre Longue.
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Panorama of ski slopes - panoramio
Panorama of ski slopes in the Portes du Soleil, taken from the top of the mountain Tête de Linga, in Châtel, France. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Panorama of ski slopes in the Portes du Soleil, taken from the top of the mountain Tête de Linga, in Châtel, France
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
Despite its development into a major ski resort, the village still retains many of its traditional alpine characteristics.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Châtel is recorded at 46.267° N, 6.843° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,199 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Ledger AOD.EU.CHATEL.V00
Tour de France 2015, spectateurs Le Châtel
Sight of spectators and supporters of Tour de France 2015 cyclist competition, waiting the cyclists at Le Châtel in the Maurienne valley ( Savoie ), during the 18th stage. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Sight of spectators and supporters of Tour de France 2015 cyclist competition, waiting the cyclists at Le Châtel in the Maurienne valley ( Savoie ), during the 18th stage
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Châtel now
The resort is part of the vast Portes du Soleil domain, the largest international linked ski area in the world with over 650 km (403 mi) of varied terrain spread across eight French and four Swiss resorts.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Tour de France 2015, spectateurs Le Châtel
AOD.EU.CHATEL.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Panorama of ski slopes - panoramio
AOD.EU.CHATEL.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Châtel, Haute-Savoie overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.