CERN

CERN is a scientific research base in , . CERN is situated nearby to the museum , as well as near the town .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Globe of Science and Innovation and Hôpital de la Tour.

Museum
Photo: Tryfkar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a visitor center, designed to inform visitors about the significant research being carried out at CERN. The wooden structure, which is 27 metres high and 40 metres in diameter, is a symbol of planet earth and was originally built for Expo.02 in , Switzerland. is situated 450 metres east of CERN.

Hospital
Photo: Patbateman84, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hospital, which is situated 1½ km east of CERN.

Castle
Photo: Romano1246, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle in the municipality of of the in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. is situated 2 km southwest of CERN.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meyrin and Satigny.

Town
Photo: Karoly Lorentey, CC BY 2.0.
Geneva, 's second-most populous city and the largest French-speaking city in Switzerland, is one of the world's major centres of international diplomacy, having served as the site of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross since its foundation in 1863.

Village
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is a municipality of the , Switzerland. It is the largest municipality of the canton by land area and the largest wine-producing municipality of the country.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a commune in the department within the region of eastern . It is located in the Pays de Gex, at the foot of the Jura Mountains. is situated 2½ km northwest of CERN.

CERN

Latitude
46.23333° or 46° 14′ north
Longitude
6.05° or 6° 3′ east
Elevation
422 metres (1,385 feet)
Open location code
8FR863M2+82
Geo­Names ID
2661235
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Turkish—“CERN” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “সার্ন”
  • Bulgarian: “Европейска организация за ядрени изследвания”
  • Catalan: “Organització Europea per a la Recerca Nuclear”
  • Chinese: “歐洲核子研究組織”
  • Czech: “Evropská organizace pro jaderný výzkum”
  • Danish: “CERN”
  • Dutch: “Centre Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire”
  • Dutch: “CERN”
  • Esperanto: “CERN”
  • Finnish: “CERN”
  • French: “Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire”
  • Georgian: “ატომური კვლევების ევროპული ორგანიზაცია”
  • German: “CERN”
  • Greek: “CERN”
  • Hungarian: “CERN”
  • Indonesian: “CERN”
  • Irish: “CERN”
  • Italian: “CERN”
  • Japanese: “ヨーロッパ素粒子物理学研究所”
  • Japanese: “欧州原子核研究機構”
  • Korean: “유럽 입자 물리 연구소”
  • Luxembourgish: “CERN”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “CERN”
  • Norwegian: “CERN”
  • Persian: “سرن”
  • Polish: “CERN”
  • Portuguese: “Organização Europeia para a Pesquisa Nuclear”
  • Slovak: “Európska organizácia pre jadrový výskum”
  • Slovenian: “Evropska organizacija za jedrske raziskave”
  • Spanish: “Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear”
  • Swedish: “CERN”
  • Turkish: “Avrupa Nükleer Araştırma Merkezi”
  • Turkish: “CERN”

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