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{{Infobox French commune |name = Megève |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |native name = {{native name|frp|Megéva}} |image = {{Photomontage|position=center | photo2a = Centre ville de Megeve.JPG | photo3a = Piste de ski megève 2007.jpg | photo2b = Mont d'Arbois 1027.JPG | photo1a = Village @ Rochebrune @ Megève (51037436052).jpg | size = 270 | spacing = 2 | color = #FFFFFF | border = 0 | foot_montage = From top to bottom, left to right: view of Megève from Rochebrune, old town with the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, [[Domaine du Mont d'Arbois]] on the [[Mont d'Arbois]] and ski slopes.}} |image coat of arms = Blason Megève.svg |arrondissement = Bonneville |canton = Sallanches |INSEE = 74173 |postal code = 74120 |mayor = Catherine Jullien-Brèches<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = Pays du Mont-Blanc |coordinates = {{coord|45.8578|6.6181|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation min m = 1027 |elevation max m = 2485 |elevation m = 1113 |area km2 = 44.11 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Megève''' ({{IPA|fr|məʒɛv}}; {{langx|frp|Megéva}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Haute-Savoie]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]] in Southeastern France with a population of more than 3,000 residents. The town is well known as a [[ski resort]] near [[Mont Blanc]] in the [[French Alps]]. Conceived in the 1920s as a French alternative to [[St. Moritz]] by the [[Rothschild family|Rothschilds]], it was the first purpose-built resort in the Alps. Originally it was a prime destination for the [[French nobility|French aristocracy]]; it remains one of the most famous and affluent ski resorts in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peakretreats.co.uk/winter/ski-resorts/mont-blanc-chamonix-valley/megeve|title=Megeve Skiing Holidays - Ski Apartments - Peak Retreats|website=www.peakretreats.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>
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