. ▁ ▁Ne igh bour ing ▁communes ▁The ▁commune ▁of ▁Mod ane ▁is ▁border ed ▁by ▁nine ▁other ▁communes ▁in ▁France , ▁besides ▁its ▁southern ▁limit ▁marked ▁by ▁the ▁Franco - Ital ian ▁border . ▁To ▁the ▁west , ▁Mod ane ▁mainly ▁borders ▁Saint - And ré ▁and ▁Four ne aux , ▁but ▁also ▁to ▁the ▁south - west , ▁F ren ey , ▁O rel le , ▁and ▁N év ache ▁in ▁the ▁neighbour ing ▁department ▁of ▁Haut es - Al pes . ▁To ▁the ▁north , ▁in ▁the ▁V ano ise ▁National ▁Park , ▁the ▁border ing ▁communes ▁are ▁Saint - Martin - de - B elle ville ▁ ▁to ▁the ▁north - west , ▁with ▁Les ▁All ues ▁and ▁Pr al ogn an - la - V ano ise ▁to ▁the ▁north - east . ▁To ▁the ▁east ▁lies ▁Vill arod in - B our get , ▁with ▁Av rie ux ▁to ▁the ▁south - east . ▁ ▁Rout es ▁and ▁transport ation ▁ ▁Ro ads ▁The ▁commune ▁is ▁at ▁the ▁French ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Fr é jus ▁Road ▁T unnel , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁trans al pine ▁road ▁cross ings ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁Mont ▁Bl anc ▁T unnel , ▁linking ▁France ▁and ▁Italy . ▁Out ▁of ▁the ▁tunnel , ▁the ▁A 4 3 ▁autor oute ▁begins ▁and ▁which ▁leads ▁to ▁Ch amb é ry ▁and ▁Lyon , ▁also ▁passes ▁on ▁the ▁height s ▁of ▁the ▁commune ▁( in ▁Char ma ix ). ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁D