Le Môle
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Le Môle is a mountain in the Haute-Savoie
department of France which dominates the neighborhood of the town of Bonneville
. The communes of Ayze, La Tour
, Saint-Jean-de-Tholome
, Marignier
, Saint-Jeoire-en-Faucigny, Viuz-en-Sallaz
, Peillonnex
, and Faucigny
encircle it. It rises to 1863 metres and affords an excellent 360-degree view of the surrounding region. Though a small mountain for the Haute-Savoie, it is of great geographic importance as it divides the vallée de l'Arve
to the south and the west from the vallée du Giffre to the north and southeast, and dominates the southern entrance to the Geneva
basin.
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie is a French department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It borders both Switzerland and Italy. The capital is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva and Switzerland; to the south and southeast are the Mont Blanc and Aravis mountain ranges and the French entrance to the Mont...
department of France which dominates the neighborhood of the town of Bonneville
Bonneville, Haute-Savoie
Bonneville is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-Geography:Bonneville is on the A40 autoroute, roughly halfway between Geneva and Chamonix...
. The communes of Ayze, La Tour
La Tour
-France:Several communes in France:* La Tour, Alpes-Maritimes, in the Alpes-Maritimes département* La Tour, Haute-Savoie, in the Haute-Savoie département* La Tour-Blanche, in the Dordogne département* La Tour-d'Aigues, in the Vaucluse département...
, Saint-Jean-de-Tholome
Saint-Jean-de-Tholome
Saint-Jean-de-Tholome is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-References:*...
, Marignier
Marignier
Marignier is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-References:*...
, Saint-Jeoire-en-Faucigny, Viuz-en-Sallaz
Viuz-en-Sallaz
Viuz-en-Sallaz is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-References:*...
, Peillonnex
Peillonnex
Peillonnex is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-References:*...
, and Faucigny
Faucigny
Faucigny is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.Historically, Faucigny was a region in Savoy which included the area of the modern département of Haute Savoie and the municipalities of Chamonix, Argentière, and Les Houches.-Geography:In the...
encircle it. It rises to 1863 metres and affords an excellent 360-degree view of the surrounding region. Though a small mountain for the Haute-Savoie, it is of great geographic importance as it divides the vallée de l'Arve
Arve
The Arve river flows for approximately 100 km through France, in the département of Haute-Savoie, and in Switzerland...
to the south and the west from the vallée du Giffre to the north and southeast, and dominates the southern entrance to the Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
basin.