Alpe d'Huez
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Tour de France arrival line, avenue du Rif Nel.
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,860 m (6,100 ft) |
| Coordinates | 45°03′37″N 6°04′17″E / 45.06028°N 6.07139°ECoordinates: 45°03′37″N 6°04′17″E / 45.06028°N 6.07139°E |
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 L'Alpe d'Huez
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| Location | Isère, France |
| Parent range | Alps |
| Alpe d'Huez | |
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| Location | Alpe d'Huez, France |
| Nearest city | Grenoble, France |
| Vertical | 2,224 metres (7,297 ft) |
| Top elevation | 3,330 metres (10,930 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,120 metres (3,670 ft) |
| Skiable area | 236 square kilometres (58,000 acres) |
| Runs | 123 (249km) (easy 38, intermediate 68, difficult 17) |
| Longest run | 16 km |
| Lift system | 84 (6 cable cars, 10 gondolas, 3 access lifts, 24 chairlifts, 41 drag lifts) |
| Lift capacity | 95,000 skiers/hr |
| Snowfall | 5.48 m/year (216 in./year) |
| Snowmaking | 64 square kilometres (16,000 acres) |
| Night skiing | Limited, 1 lift, 2 days/week |
| Website | Alpe d'Huez |
L'Alpe d'Huez (French pronunciation: [l‿al.pə d‿ɥɛz]) is a ski resort at 1,250 to 3,330 metres (4,100 to 10,930 ft). It is a mountain pasture in the Central French Alps, in the commune of Huez, which is part of the department of Isère in the region of Rhône-Alpes. It is part of the Grandes Rousses massif, over the Oisans, and is 59 kilometres (37 mi) from Grenoble. The Alpe d'Huez resort is accessible from Grenoble by the RD 1091, which runs along the Romanche Valley passing through the communes of Livet-et-Gavet and Le Bourg-d'Oisans as well as Haut-Oisans via the Col de Sarenne. Alpe d'Huez is used regularly in the Tour de France cycle race, including twice on the same day in 2013.
The site of the Alpe has been permanently occupied since the Middle Ages. East of L'Alpe veti, a medieval agglomeration had indeed grown from the end of the 11th to the 14th century under the name of Brandes. It was composed of a castle, a parish church with a cemetery, a village with about 80 homes, surface and underground mine workings as well as several industrial districts. Its occupants operated a silver mine on behalf of the Dauphin. It is currently the only medieval coron known and preserved in its entirety, making it a unique site in Europe and classified as historical monuments by a decree of 6 August 1995.
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