Arâches-la-Frasse () is

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is Ann ...

department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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in south-eastern

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. Situated in the northern

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, the commune sits on a large sunny plateau overlooking the

Arve Valley The Arve Valley (La vallée de l'Arve) is an alpine valley located in the French Haute-Savoie department. The namesake of the valley is the river at the bottom: the Arve. The valley as a whole makes up the majority of Faucigny, one of the Natural ...

southeast of the town of

Cluses Cluses (; frp, Clluses) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. Citizens are known as ''Clusiens''. The commune is situated in the Arve Valley, on the river which bears the same ...

. It is part of the canton of Sallanches. The main villages in the commune are Arâches, Les Carroz, and La Frasse.

Les Carroz

Until the 1930s the village of Les Carroz was a simple farming hamlet with only a few houses. It is now developing into the nearest large

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. By 1981 Les Carroz had been linked to the nearby ski villages of

Samoëns Samoëns () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is the principal commune for the canton which bears its name. The town of Samoëns is located in the Vallée du Giffre (Giff ...

, Morillon and

Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (; frp, Hi) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. It is located at the end of the Giffre Valley. Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de ...

, and the resort of

Flaine Flaine is a ski area in the Haute Savoie region of the French Alps, and is a part of the linked Grand Massif domain. It is in the territory of the communes of Magland and Arâches-la-Frasse. Flaine is linked to Samoëns, Morillon, Les Carroz ...

, developed in the 1960s. The Grand-Massif ski area had been born. The gondola and chairlift in Les Carroz can take skiers straight up to the extensive skiing in the Grand Massif.

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Arâches-la-Frasse - Église de La Frasse.JPG, Church Les Carroz d'Arâches - Chapelle.JPG, Chapel Arâches-la-Frasse - Croix de mission-001.JPG, Mission cross Arâches-la-Frasse - Monument aux morts.JPG, War memorial Arâches-la-Frasse - Fontaine 1911.JPG, Fountain

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* * Les Carroz webcam
http://www.grandmassif.co.uk
Communes of Haute-Savoie Ski resorts in France Haute-Savoie communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{HauteSavoie-geo-stub

Les Carroz

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