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  2. Lake Geneva - Wikipedia

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    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. Sixty percent (345.31 km 2 or 133.32 sq mi) of the lake belongs to Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Geneva and Valais) and forty percent (234.71 ...

  3. Geography of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The plateau occupies about one third of the land area of Switzerland, and about two thirds of the population live in this area. The population density on the plateau averages about 450 people per km 2 (1,166 per square mile). [7] In the regions around Lake Geneva, Lake Zurich and other cities, the population density exceeds 1000 people per km 2 ...

  4. Lake Geneva region - Wikipedia

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    Lake Geneva region. The Lake Geneva region, Lemanic Region or Region Lémanique (French: Région lémanique, German: Genferseeregion) is the common name of the region of Switzerland encompassing the cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais. It is one of the NUTS -2 regions of Switzerland.

  5. Geneva - Wikipedia

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    The Geneva Functional Urban Area covers a land area of 2,292 km 2 (885 sq mi) (24.2% in Switzerland, 75.8% in France) [10] and had 1,053,436 inhabitants in Jan. 2021 (Swiss estimates and French census), 57.8% of them on Swiss territory and 42.2% on French territory. [11] The Geneva metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing in Europe.

  6. List of lakes of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The largest wholly Swiss lake is Lake Neuchâtel. The remaining lakes over 100 km 2 (39 sq mi) are Lake Maggiore and Lake Lucerne. In total 103 lakes exist that are more than 30 ha (74 acres) in surface area, and a considerable number of smaller lakes. All these lakes are found in the four major river basins of Switzerland: Rhine, Rhone, Po and ...

  7. Montreux - Wikipedia

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    Lake Geneva from Montreux. The earliest settlement was a Late Bronze Age village at Baugy. Montreux lies on the north east shore of Lake Geneva at the fork in the Roman road from Italy over the Simplon Pass, where the roads to the Roman capital of Aventicum and the road into Gaul through Besançon separated.

  8. Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Switzerland has more than 1500 lakes and contains 6% of Europe's freshwater stock. Lakes and glaciers cover about 6% of the national territory. Lake Geneva is the largest lake and is shared with France. The Rhône is both the main source and outflow of Lake Geneva. Lake Constance is the second largest and, like Lake Geneva, an intermediate step ...

  9. Swiss Plateau - Wikipedia

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    The Swiss Plateau or Central Plateau[1] is one of the three major landscapes in Switzerland, lying between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss Alps. It covers about 30% of the Swiss surface area, and is partly flat but mostly hilly. The average height is between 400 metres (1,300 ft) and 700 metres (2,300 ft) AMSL.