Wedding photographers in Chamonix

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   The town hall

   Civil weddings are held at the mairie, 38 Place de l’Église, from Monday to Saturday except public holidays. The file goes in by appointment, no earlier than a year and no later than two months before the date, and both of you must be there in person; the date and hour are fixed at that appointment.

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   Saint-Michel and the valley’s churches

   The parish of Saint-Bernard du Mont-Blanc marries couples only in its five churches — Saint-Michel in Chamonix, whose bell tower bears the date 1119, the baroque Saint-Pierre in Argentière (1726), and those of Les Houches, Servoz and Vallorcine — never in the chapels. You must live in one of its communes or own a second home there, and ask at least a year ahead.

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   The Refuge du Montenvers

   At 1,913 m at the foot of the Mer de Glace, reached in 20 minutes by the rack railway, the old refuge hosts wedding receptions and whole wedding weekends, and can be booked privately.

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   Hotels and chalets in the valley

   For dinner and the guests’ rooms, the valley’s hotels and chalets — the Hôtel Mont-Blanc, for one, has its own wedding offer. The Compagnie du Mont-Blanc, which runs the lifts, publishes no events offer: for a group at one of its sites, its sales team takes requests.

Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals for Les Houches, at 1,004 m just down the valley, give average highs of 21.8 °C in June, 23.9 °C in July, 23.4 °C in August and 18.8 °C in September. May to August are the wettest months, with 121 to 126 mm on 11 to 13 days each — the summer storms — while September is drier, 96.9 mm on about 9 days. High paths are not safe before the end of June. In summer 2026 La Flégère ran from 20 June to 13 September and the Montenvers from 30 May to 1 November; the Aiguille du Midi closes for maintenance from early November to mid-December. UTMB, the trail race, fills the valley in the last week of August.