Grand Arc

Grand Arc
Grand Arc
	Le Grand Arc
Highest point
Elevation	2,484 m (8,150 ft)
Prominence	693 m (2,274 ft) [1]
Coordinates	45°33′59″N06°21′53″E / 45.56639°N 6.36472°E Coordinates: 45°33′59″N06°21′53″E / 45.56639°N 6.36472°E
Geography
	Grand Arc France
Location	Savoie, France
Parent range	Vanoise Massif

Last updated July 22, 2019

Grand Arc is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 2,484 metres above sea level.

Savoie is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Its prefecture is Chambéry; it is located in the French Alps. In 2016, it had a population of 429,681.

France, officially the French Republic, is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.0 million. France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice.

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