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{{Infobox French commune |name = Val-d'Isère |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = RGA 231.JPG |caption = A general view of Val d'Isère. |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Val-d'Isère (Savoie).svg |arrondissement = Albertville |canton = Bourg-Saint-Maurice |INSEE = 73304 |postal code = 73150 |mayor = Patrick Martin<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 = |coordinates = {{coord|45.4506|6.9781|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 1849 |elevation min m = 1785 |elevation max m = 3599 |area km2 = 94.39 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Val-d'Isère''' ({{IPA|fr|val dizɛʁ}}, literally ''Valley of [[Isère (river)|Isère]]'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] of the [[Tarentaise Valley]], in the [[Savoie]] [[Departments of France|department]] ([[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]]) in southeastern [[France]]. It lies {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from the border with [[Italy]]. It is on the border of the [[Vanoise National Park]] created in 1963, with good transport links in and out of [[Lyon]], [[Geneva]] and [[Chambéry]]. During the [[Albertville]] [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Winter Olympics]], the ''Face de Bellevarde'' was the site of the men's downhill race. Other [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|alpine skiing]] events held during those games included men's giant slalom and alpine combined. Val d'Isère regularly hosts [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] alpine events, usually for the men in early December, and hosted the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]] in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009|2009]]. The ski area of Val d'Isère and [[Tignes]] forms the [[Espace Killy]], named after the triple Olympic champion [[Jean-Claude Killy]] who grew up in Val d'Isère. There are two mountain huts (called “refuges” in French) owned by the [[Vanoise National Park]] on the territory of Val d'Isère: le Refuge du Prariond and le Refuge du Fond des Fours.
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