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The France–Italy border is mainly mountainous. It is 515 kilometres (320 mi) long, [1] in southeast France and northwest Italy. It begins at the west tripoint of France–Italy–Switzerland near the top of Mont Dolent (3,820 m), in the French commune of Chamonix (department of Haute-Savoie), the Italian city of Courmayeur (Aosta Valley) and the Swiss commune of Orsières (canton of Valais
Contains border crossings between France and Italy. Pages in category "France–Italy border crossings" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
1832 Map of the Kingdom of Sardinia showing an administrative border passing through the summit of Mont Blanc. This was the same map annexed to the 1860 treaty to determine the current border between France and Italy. Captain Mieulet map of 1865 placing the international border south of the watershed [23]
After the treaty annexing Nice and Savoy to France, signed in Turin in March 1860 (Treaty of Turin), the north-western slopes of the range became part of the French republic. [ 4 ] Two eastern valleys of the Cottian Alps ( Pellice and Germanasca ) have been for centuries a kind of sanctuary for the Waldensians , a Christian movement that was ...
France and its territories. The French Republic [1] has terrestrial borders with 10 sovereign states, 8 bordering Metropolitan France [2] and 2 bordering the Overseas Departments [3] [4] of France, totaling 3,959 kilometres (2,460 mi). In addition, the territories of France border an additional 5 countries and territories. [5]
France–Italy border crossings (23 P) L. Ligurian Sea (5 C, 20 P) Pages in category "France–Italy border" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
It lies between latitudes 35° and 47° N, and longitudes 6° and 19° E. Italy borders Switzerland (698 km or 434 mi), France (476 km or 296 mi), Austria (404 km or 251 mi) and Slovenia (218 km or 135 mi). San Marino (37 km or 23 mi) and Vatican City (3.4 km or 2.1 mi) are enclaves. The total border length is 1,836.4 km (1,141.1 mi).
The current border between France and Italy is due to the Plombières Agreement of 1858, which in preparation for the unification of Italy ceded western Savoy to France, while the eastern territories in Piedmont and Liguria were retained by the House of Savoy, which was to become the ruling dynasty of Italy.