Grande Aiguille
Located in Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Entremont District Coordinates: 45°57′01″ N 7°15′54″ E
- Elevation
- 3,681 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- TRN Turin Airport89 km
- NCY Annecy Meythet airport90 km
About Grande Aiguille
Grande Aiguille is a mountain. Location: Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Entremont District. Elevation: 3,681 m. The nearest airport is Turin Airport (89 km). Nearby sights include L'Epée and Aiguilles du Meitin.
Photos of Grande Aiguille
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Mont Vélan Herzi Pinki · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Mont Rogneux Dribagnac · CC BY 3.0 -
Combin de Corbassière Ne9218 · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Mont Avril Olivier Bruchez from Lausanne, Switzerland · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Grande Aiguille
This month · November
A wet month
Day -8° · Night -13° · Rain 141 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 4°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -18°)
- Wettest month
- November (141 mm)
- Driest month
- July (86 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -12° | -12° | -11° | -9° | -4° | -1° | 3° | 4° | 1° | -4° | -8° | -11° |
| Average low (°C) | -18° | -18° | -17° | -15° | -11° | -7° | -4° | -3° | -6° | -9° | -13° | -16° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 128 | 125 | 125 | 122 | 118 | 99 | 86 | 95 | 90 | 121 | 141 | 133 |
How to get to Grande Aiguille
The nearest airport is Turin Airport (TRN), 89 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 80 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Turin Airport (TRN) Caselle Torinese (TO) 89 kmsouth
- Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 90 kmwest
- Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 95 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Lausanne Population: 139.1K 80 kmnorthwest
- Geneva Population: 201.7K 91 kmwest
- Bern Population: 121.6K 112 kmnorth
- Grenoble Population: 158.6K 148 kmsouthwest
- Besançon Population: 128.4K 173 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Grande Aiguille
Within 100 km: 110 historic and cultural sites, 4,151 natural sites, 481 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km608 places
- Lac d'Orny Lake 16 kmW
- Le Gouillé Vert Lake 23 kmN
- Lac de la Breye Lake 20 kmNW
- Lac de Tsofeiret Lake 9 kmE
25–60 km1,751 places
- Stausee Mattmark Lake 55 kmE
- Lac de Fully Lake 29 kmNW
- Lac de Derborence Lake 37 kmN
- Daubensee Lake 58 kmNE
60–100 km2,383 places
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 91 kmNE
- Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 92 kmNE
- Strandbad Leissigen Beach 87 kmNE
- Ile de Salagnon Island 62 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Bourg-Saint-Pierre Village, Bourg-Saint-Pierre4.4 km W
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Val de Bagnes Municipality, Entremont District7.4 km NE
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Liddes Municipality, Entremont District6.7 km NW
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Liddes Village, Liddes7.6 km NW
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Tunel Gd. St. Bernard Village, Bourg-Saint-Pierre7.5 km SW
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Palasuit (Liddes) Village, Liddes6.6 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
L'Epée Mountain, Val de Bagnes0.4 km N
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Aiguilles du Meitin Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.6 km N
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Glacier de Challand Natural site, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.5 km W
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Le Moine Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.7 km SE
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Pointe de Challand Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre0.8 km N
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Glacier de Challand Natural site, Bourg-Saint-Pierre1 km NW
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Petite Aiguille Mountain, Bourg-Saint-Pierre1.1 km SE
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Plateau des Maisons Blanches Natural site, Val de Bagnes1 km E
Sources & licences
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