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Mountain panorama in France 3
Mountain peaks near and above the snow line: View of a mountain near Tignes, France. In the middle is the mountain Dôme de la Saché (3601 m), in the Background the Mont Blanc (4810 m). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Mountain peaks near and above the snow line: View of a mountain near Tignes, France. In the middle is the mountain Dôme de la Saché (3601 m), in the Background the Mont Blanc (4810 m)
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Tignes
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Tignes.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Tignes is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France, known for the highest skiable area and the longest ski season in Europe.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Tignes 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 Tignes
The only village located below these villages, Tignes Les Brévières, is accessible to the others via a free gondola service which operates late into the evening.
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Skiing in Tignes France
Skiing in Tignes 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
- Skiing in Tignes France
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
The proximity of two resorts offers one of the most seamless links between ski areas in Europe, in effect creating a single skiable area of over 300 km piste.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Tignes is recorded at 45.468° N, 6.908° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 3,456 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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Open ledger · AOD.EU.TIGNES.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.TIGNES.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.TIGNES.V00
Mountain panorama in France 3
Mountain peaks near and above the snow line: View of a mountain near Tignes, France. In the middle is the mountain Dôme de la Saché (3601 m), in the Background the Mont Blanc (4810 m). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Mountain peaks near and above the snow line: View of a mountain near Tignes, France. In the middle is the mountain Dôme de la Saché (3601 m), in the Background the Mont Blanc (4810 m)
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Tignes now
Les Brévières remains the only remaining part of the original town, with all the others created as part of the dam construction or development of the ski resort.
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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
Mountain panorama in France 3
AOD.EU.TIGNES.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Skiing in Tignes France
AOD.EU.TIGNES.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Tignes overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.