Saint-Martin-de-Belleville

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Saint-Martin-de-Belleville

|image = Panorama Saint-Martin-de-Belleville (2016).JPG

|caption = Panorama from Val Thorens of the village, with Notre-Dame-de-la-Vie sanctuary visible on the left

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Saint-Martin-de-Belleville (Savoie).svg

|arrondissement = Albertville

|canton = Moûtiers

|INSEE = 73257

|postal code = 73440

|commune = Les Belleville

|coordinates = {{coord|45.3811|6.5053|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 1400

|elevation min m = 640

|elevation max m = 3564

|area km2 = 161.79

|population = 2613

|population date = 2022

|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}

}}

Saint-Martin-de-Belleville ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ d(ə) bɛlvil}}) is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Les Belleville.[http://www.savoie.gouv.fr/content/download/16475/139859/file/Arr%C3%AAt%C3%A9%20cr%C3%A9ation%20commune%20LES%20BELLEVILLE2.pdf Arrêté préfectoral] 5 November 2015

Saint-Martin-de-Belleville is home to one of the best restaurants in the French Alps, the 3 Michelin starred La Bouitte.{{Cite web|url=http://www.peakretreats.co.uk/winter/ski-resorts/3-valleys/st-martin-de-belleville|title = St Martin de Belleville Apartments | Peak Retreats Ski Holidays}}

Ski

The Saint-Martin-de-Belleville ski area is part of the Three Valleys ski area that includes the resorts of Les Menuires, Val Thorens, Meribel, Courchevel and La Tania. In total the area has 600 km of posted runs and 200 ski lifts.

Summer

Saint-Martin has also in the past few years increased its publicity of the area for summer visitors. All of the winter brochures now include a section on the summer season that runs most years from 30 June until 1 September. The 3 Valleys links are open on a Tuesday and a Thursday for mountain biking and walking.

Transportation

If travelling there the nearest airports (closest first) are:

Notable residents

Vincent Jay - Olympic Biathlete who won Gold and Bronze at Vancouver 2010

References

External links

[http://en.st-martin-belleville.com/ Official Saint Martin de Belleville website]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100914064214/http://www.les3vallees.com/en/home.1/ Official site of Les 3 Vallees, lift & piste info, cams, weather, snow etc]
[http://www.lastationdeski.com/les-menuires/1c-en-saint-martin-de-belleville.html Discover St Martin de Belleville]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
[http://www.sno.mobi/saint-martin-de-belleville Saint Martin de Beleville mobile wap source]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100125143215/http://www.les3vallees.mobi/ 3 Valleys mobile wap source]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090414172544/http://www.vanoise.com/indexgb.htm Vanoise National Park]

Category:Ski areas and resorts in France

Category:Former communes of Savoie