Saint-Jean-d'Aulps

French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Jean-d'Aulps
région=Rhône-Alpes
département=Haute-Savoie
arrondissement=Thonon-les-Bains
canton=Le Biot
insee=74238
cp=74430
maire=
mandat=2005-2008
intercomm= Communauté de communes de la Vallée d'Aulps |longitude=6.65638
latitude=46.235
alt moy=801 m
alt mini=734 m
alt maxi=2,240 m
hectares=4,019
km²=40.19
sans=1,022
date-sans=1999
dens=25.40
date-dens=1999

Saint-Jean-d'Aulps is a small town and commune in the Haute-Savoie department of France, a 5 minute drive from Morzine.

There are roughly 1,000 inhabitants, a handful of shops, including three bars and a couple of restaurants. There is a sizeable English expatriate population for many of whom the primary occupation is tourism.

ki

The skiing area in Saint-Jean-d'Aulps is situated above the town and is called "Espace Roc d'Enfer", or "La Grande Terche". The skiing area covered by the larger Portes du Soleil lift pass which includes 14 resorts in France and Switzerland. The ski area does not link directly to the other Porte du Soleil stations however. The local ski area , La Grande Terche, is around 8 minutes from the town centre by car. Although the area is limited in terms of lifts and marked pistes, the pistes offer a good variety of varied skiing and in particular a large amount off off piste terrain. This tends to remain unskiied days after the larger resorts are tracked out. At the base of the gondola lift there are a couple of restaurants and bars and a ski hire shop.

Miscellaneous

Saint-Jean-d'Aulps is twinned with Santec, Finistère, France.

External links

* [http://www.saintjeandaulps.com Town website]
* [http://www.chaletbook.net Accommodation in St Jean D'Aulps]