Sollières-Sardières is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis.[2] It is located the heart of the Alps in the upper Maurienne valley 120 km long.[citation needed] Part of the region is within the Vanoise National Park.[citation needed] The remaining land is not included in the protected area called "zone peripherique" which has lesser environmental protection enforcement rules.[citation needed] Some flowers can only be found in the heights of the commune and in boreal regions.[citation needed] It has a small airstrip ICAO code: LFKD[citation needed]