Canton of Sallanches

The 1964 UCI Road World Championships took place from 3 to 6 September 1964 in Sallanches, France.

Sallanches (French pronunciation: [salɑ̃ʃ]; Arpitan: 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-les-Bains. Sallanches is also one of the towns in the Arve Valley, made popular by the presence of many high-tech industries. Over 300 retail stores are located in Sallanches, making the town a commercial hub. In 2018, the commune had a population of 16,508, and its urban area had 46,128 inhabitants.In 2015 Sallanches hospital announced that, as part of the government's "groupements hospitaliers de territoire" policy, it would develop a specialist accident department to research and develop mountain-related emergency medicine, because of its proximity to, and past experience of, dealing with accidents occurring in the nearby high mountains. With an emergency team of 30 doctors and emergency staff, plus 50 support staff, it is expected that the new mountain medicine department will become a world-leader in developing treatments and researching into altitude sickness, frostbite, hypoxia, trauma-injuries and related sports medicine.

Sallanches-Combloux-Megève station (French: Gare de Sallanches-Combloux-Megève) is a railway station in the commune of Sallanches, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the standard gauge La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet line of SNCF.

Sallanches Aerodrome or Sallanches Mont-Blanc Aerodrome (French: Aérodrome de Sallanches), formerly IATA: XSN, ICAO: LFHZ, was an airport in Sallanches, a commune in Haute-Savoie, France. It was permanently closed on the 1st September 2020.

Cordon (French pronunciation: [kɔʁdɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Sallanches.

Domancy (French pronunciation: [dɔmɑ̃si]) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Sallanches.

Oëx is a village in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, below Pointe d'Areu in the Arve valley. It is part of the commune Magland in Haute-Savoie department.

Combloux (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃blu]) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. A mountain village in the French Alps, it is also popular as a ski resort. Combloux is located 4 km (2.5 mi) from Megève and 30 km (19 mi) from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.

Refuge de Véran is a refuge in the Alps.

Passy (French pronunciation: [pasi] ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Sallanches.Located there is the Sancellemoz sanatorium, where Professor Marie Curie died in 1934. Lac Vert is located in the commune. The commune has a railway station, Chedde, on the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line.

Pointe d'Areu is a mountain in Haute-Savoie, France. It lies in the Aravis Range, above Oëx in the Arve valley, and has an altitude of 2,478 metres above sea level.

Tête du Colonney (French pronunciation: [tɛt dy kɔlɔnɛ]; 2,692 m) is a mountain in the Chablais Alps in Haute-Savoie, France. Standing above the Plateau d'Assy, the mountain provides unobscured views of Mont Blanc to the southeast from its summit. It can be reached by cable car in the winter from Flaine.