Tunnel Maurice-Lemaire, Ballons des Vosges Nature Park

Name: Tunnel Maurice-Lemaire
Address: Ballons des Vosges Nature Park, France

#6 among attractions in Ballons des Vosges Nature Park

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The Tunnel Maurice-Lemaire, commonly known as the Tunnel de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines is a former rail tunnel adapted to permit road traffic to drive between Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines and Saint-Dié without needing to drive over the top of a mountain pass. The tunnel is 6,950 m long, which till 2011 made it the longest road tunnel wholly within France. The tunnel owes its current name to Maurice Lemaire, a former Director General of the SNCF and a senior politician nationally and regionally during the third quarter of the twentieth century. Lemaire promoted the tunnel’s modernisation. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 48°15'56"N, 7°9'46"E

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Tunnel Maurice-Lemaire – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Climont, Taennchel, Château d'Échéry, Bassemberg.

5.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Climont
142 min walk • Climont, formerly called "Clivemont" in Old French, and "Winberg" in Old Alsatian, is a conical sandstone peak of the Vosges mountains. The mountain, with a cut-off shape, is known from afar by walkers and modern-day travellers.
4.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Taennchel
125 min walk • The Taennchel is one of the summits of the Vosges Mountains, rising to 988 metres. The Taennchel rises at the East of France, in the département of Haut-Rhin, halfway between Strasbourg to the North and Mulhouse to the South, around 60 km from both cities.
1.6 miE
Forts and castles
Château d'Échéry
40 min walk • The Château d'Échéry is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines in the département of Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. It is dated to the 13th century. The castle is also known today as Château de Haut-Echery or Château du Haut Eckerich and was originally named Château de Belmont.
7.2 miNE
Area
Bassemberg, Fouchy
185 min walk • Bassemberg is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace region of north-eastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bassembergeois or Bassembergeoises.
6.9 miSE
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Château de Bilstein
176 min walk • The Château de Bilstein is a castle ruin in the commune of Riquewihr in the Haut-Rhin département of France. The origin of the castle dates from the 12th century, with additional building work done in the 14th century. The castle was destroyed in 1636.
2.8 miE
Memorial, Vernacular architecture
Château Burrus
72 min walk • Château Burrus is a château in Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines, in the department of Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. It was built in 1900, and has been listed as a historical monument since 1993.
4.8 miNW
Church
St. Catherine's Church
124 min walk • Sainte-Catherine Church is a Catholic church located in Provenchères-sur-Fave, in the Vosges department in France.
4.9 miW
Cemetery
Cimetière militaire franco-allemand de Bertrimoutier
126 min walk • The Franco-German military cemetery of Bertrimoutier is a military cemetery of the First World War, located in Bertrimoutier in the Vosges department, in Lorraine.
5.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Ruines du château Bilstein, Urbeis
134 min walk • The Bilstein castle, also called Bilstein-Urbeis or Bilstein lorrain, is an Alsatian castle of the 13th century. It is located in Urbeis, in the administrative district of Bas-Rhin, on the territory of the European community of Alsace.
5.4 miSE
Church
Church of St. James the Major
138 min walk • The Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur church is a historical monument located in Aubure, in the French department of Haut-Rhin.
5.5 miE
Cemetery
Cimetière, Lièpvre
140 min walk • Lièpvre Cemetery is a historical monument located in Lièpvre, in the French department of Haut-Rhin.