
Common of Savoy, one most of Europe, the altitude of the most village culminating with 2127 meters. Tignes is located at the upstream of the valley of Tarentaise. This one leaves the Collar of Iseran, on which one can circulate in summer and ski in winter, to go until Moutiers, while passing by Holy Bourg Maurice. The valley was dug by a river, which it skirts: Isere. The climate is there of mountain type because of the presence of the alpine Solid mass. The station is accessible by bus starting from the airports from Chambéry, Lyon-Saint-Exupéry and Geneva. The commune has many hamlets which you will be able to discover:
Tignes the old man: historical village drowned during the construction of the stopping.
Ski resort of winter and summer, the glacier of the large mound being in general open all the year. The skiable field is grouped with that of Valley-in Isere to form Killy Space.