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Map of Geneva, 1:50,000. Geneva is located at 46°12' North, 6°09' East, at the south-western end of Lake Geneva, where the Rhône flows out. It is surrounded by three mountain chains, each belonging to the Jura: the Jura main range lies north-westward, the Vuache southward, and the Salève south-eastward.
Lake Geneva [note 1] is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône .
The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, [4] [5] is one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five municipalities, and the seat of the government and parliament is in the city of Geneva. Geneva is the French-speaking westernmost canton of Switzerland.
The geography of Switzerland features a mountainous and landlocked country located in Western and Central Europe. Switzerland's natural landscape is marked by its numerous lakes and mountains. It is surrounded by five countries: Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, France to the west, Italy to the south and Germany to the north. Switzerland ...
Trüst's map shows most of the territory of modern Switzerland (but excluding Basel and Geneva). On the margins is a coordinate grid in Arabic numerals, using Ptolemy's prime meridian of 20°W. The first printed map of Switzerland is Tabula Nova Heremi Helvetiorum, published in the 1513 Strasbourg edition of Ptolemy. [2]
Geneva is situated within the following regions: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia. Europe Central Europe. Switzerland Canton of Geneva. Grand Genève; Time zone(s): Central European Time ; In Summer : Central European Summer Time
Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's nearly 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal ...
The Lake Geneva region, Lemanic Region or Region Lémanique (French: Région lémanique, German: Genferseeregion) is the region of Switzerland encompassing the cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais. It is one of the NUTS -2 regions of Switzerland .