page_title: Val Ferret
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Val Ferret / Swiss Val Ferret / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Dranse de Ferret (Val Ferret), Valais
context_page_description: Val Ferret is the name of the two separate valleys, departing from the Col Ferret on the border between Italy and Switzerland, on the southern and eastern sides of the Mont Blanc Massif. The Swiss valley drains northeastwards towards Orsières and on into the Rhône basin; whereas the Italian valley drains southwestwards towards Courmayeur and on into the Po basin.
  The two valleys are connected by a mountain footpath through Col Ferret which forms part of the 170 kilometres circular Tour du Mont Blanc route. Access to Col Ferret is forbidden for private motor vehicles, on both sides.
context_section_description: The valley starts at the Col Ferret (2490 m) on the Italian border. It is surrounded by high mountains, especially on the west side (Mont Dolent, Tour Noir and other summits of the Mont Blanc Massif).
  The main villages of the Val Ferret are (from up to down): Ferret, La Fouly, Prayon, Praz de Fort, Issert and Som la Proz, all belonging to the municipality of Orsières. Altogether, the valley had approximately 700 inhabitants as at 2008).
caption: Dranse de Ferret
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