Sallanches


Sallanches is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of France with a resident population of over 16,000. Located close to the Mont Blanc massif, many visitors pass through the town en route to well-known alpine resorts such as Chamonix, Megève and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. Sallanches is also one of the towns in the Arve Valley, made popular by the presence of many high-tech industries. Over 300 retail stores are located in Sallanches, making the town a commercial hub.
In 2015 Sallanches hospital announced that, as part of the government's "groupements hospitaliers de territoire" policy, it would develop a specialist accident department to research and develop mountain-related emergency medicine, because of its proximity to, and past experience of, dealing with accidents occurring in the nearby high mountains. With an emergency team of 30 doctors and emergency staff, plus 50 support staff, it is expected that the new mountain medicine department will become a world-leader in developing treatments and researching into altitude sickness, frostbite, hypoxia, trauma-injuries and related sports medicine.

Geography

Sallanches is a commune located in the far east of France in the historical region of Savoy. The town is located close to the Swiss and Italian borders.

Climate

Under the Köppen system, Sallanches features a degraded oceanic climate, that closely borders on a warm-summer humid continental climate due to its altitude.

Media

Sallanches is mentioned in American author Willa Cather's 1935 novel Lucy Gayheart.

Twin towns