Valais
Monthey District
Port-Valais

Le Bouveret

Le Bouveret is a village in the commune of in the canton of . Situated at the southernmost end of and close to the French border, Le Bouveret is very much tourism-oriented with several amusement attractions, including the and the waterpark Aquaparc.
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  • Type: Village with 2,400 residents
  • Description: village in Port-Valais in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Bouveret”
  • Postal code: 1897

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swiss Vapeur Parc and Bouveret railway station.

Theme park
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The is a miniature park in Le Bouveret, a village on Lac Léman, . It was opened on June 6, 1989, by an International Festival of Steam.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Saint-Gingolph–Saint-Maurice line and is served by local trains only.

Peak
Photo: Pischdi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain in the , near Le Bouveret in . At 2,172 metres above sea level, it is one of the highest peaks overlooking . is situated 4 km southwest of Le Bouveret.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Noville and Saint-Gingolph.

Village
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is a municipality of the canton of in , located in the district of Aigle. is situated 3½ km east of Le Bouveret.

Village
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is a small town situated on the south bank of . It sits at the France–Switzerland border and is administratively divided into and . is situated 4 km west of Le Bouveret.

Hamlet
Tanay, also spelled "Taney", is a hamlet located in the municipality of , in . is situated 4½ km south of Le Bouveret.

Le Bouveret

Latitude
46.38291° or 46° 22′ 59″ north
Longitude
6.85403° or 6° 51′ 15″ east
Population
2,400
Elevation
375 metres (1,230 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH BVT
Open location code
8FR89VM3+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2998747987
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2661427
Wiki­data ID
Q675700
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Le Bouveret” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Боуверет”
  • Cebuano: “Bouveret”
  • Chinese: “勒布沃雷”
  • Chinese: “布夫雷”
  • Dutch: “Bouveret”
  • Dutch: “Le Bouveret”
  • French: “Bouveret”
  • French: “Le Bouveret”
  • German: “Bouveret”
  • German: “Le Bouveret”
  • Irish: “Bouveret”
  • Italian: “Bouveret”
  • Italian: “Le Bouveret”
  • Portuguese: “Bouveret”
  • Portuguese: “Le Bouveret”
  • Romansh: “Bouveret”
  • Romansh: “Le Bouveret”
  • Russian: “Бувре”
  • Russian: “Ле-Бувре”
  • Spanish: “Bouveret”
  • Spanish: “Le Bouveret”
  • Swedish: “Bouveret”
  • Ukrainian: “Бувре”
  • Ukrainian: “Ле-Бувре”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Le Bouveret”. Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.