Sollières-Sardières is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis.[2] It is located the heart of the Alps in the upper Maurienne valley 120 km long.[citation needed] Part of the region is within the Vanoise National Park.[citation needed] The remaining land is not included in the protected area called "zone peripherique" which has lesser environmental protection enforcement rules.[citation needed] Some flowers can only be found in the heights of the commune and in boreal regions.[citation needed] It has a small airstrip ICAO code: LFKD[citation needed]

Sollières-Sardières
Part of Val-Cenis
View from Sardières towards Sollières
View from Sardières towards Sollières
Location of Sollières-Sardières
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Sollières-Sardières is located in France
Sollières-Sardières
Sollières-Sardières
Sollières-Sardières is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sollières-Sardières
Sollières-Sardières
Coordinates: 45°15′54″N 6°48′33″E / 45.265°N 6.8092°E / 45.265; 6.8092
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentSavoie
ArrondissementSaint-Jean-de-Maurienne
CantonModane
CommuneVal-Cenis
Area
1
33.31 km2 (12.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
170
 • Density5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
73500
Elevation1,232–3,241 m (4,042–10,633 ft)
(avg. 1,270 m or 4,170 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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  1. ^ "Populations légales 2019" [Legal populations 2019] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2021.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 8 August 2016 (in French)