Passy, Haute-Savoie
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Passy () is a
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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. It is part of the
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of
Sallanches Sallanches (; frp, Salenches) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of France. Located close to the Mont Blanc massif, many visitors pass through the town en route to well-known alpine resorts such as Chamonix, Megève and Saint-Gervais-l ...
.Unité urbaine 2020 de Sallanches (00465)
INSEE Located there is the Sancellemoz
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, where
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Marie Curie Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie ( , , ; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, ; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first ...
died. Lac Vert is located in the commune. The commune has a railway station, , on the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line.


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Communes of the Haute-Savoie department The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the French Departments of France, department of Haute-Savoie. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):


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