French Alps

French Alps
Aerial photograph of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, from the west
Highest point
Peak	Mont Blanc
Elevation	4,807.45 m (15,772.5 ft)
Coordinates	45°50′01″N 06°51′54″E / 45.83361°N 6.86500°E / 45.83361; 6.86500
Naming
Native name	French: Alpes françaises
Geography
Ranges of the French Alps.
French regions	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Borders on	Swiss Alps, Italian Alps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Age of rock	Tertiary
Type of rock	Bündner schist, flysch and molasse

The French Alps (French: Alpes françaises) are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as the Mont Blanc massif, are shared with Switzerland and Italy.

At 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), Mont Blanc, on the France–Italy border, is the highest mountain in the Alps, and the highest Western European mountain.^[1]

Notable towns in the French Alps include Grenoble, Chamonix, Annecy, Chambéry, Évian-les-Bains and Albertville.