Saint-Gingolph
Saint-Gingolph is a small town situated on the south bank of Lake Geneva. It sits at the France–Switzerland border and is administratively divided into Saint-Gingolph, Valais and Saint-Gingolph, Haute-Savoie.Photo: Joelgrandcollot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 895 residents
- Description: small town at the Franco-Swiss border
- Also known as: “Morgelibre”
- Postal code: 74500
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum of traditions and boats of Lake Geneva and St-Gingolph railway station.
St-Gingolph railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St-Gingolph railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Saint-Gingolph, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is the northern terminus of the Saint-Gingolph–Saint-Maurice line and is served by local trains only.
Église Saint-Gingolph de Saint-Gingolph
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Gingolph de Saint-Gingolph is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Novel and Le Bouveret.
Novel
Village
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Novel is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Novel is situated 3 km southwest of Saint-Gingolph.
Le Bouveret
Village
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Le Bouveret is a village in the commune of Port-Valais in the Swiss canton of Valais. Situated at the southernmost end of Lake Geneva and close to the French border, Le Bouveret is very much tourism-oriented with several amusement attractions, including the Swiss Vapeur Parc and the waterpark Aquaparc. Le Bouveret is situated 4 km east of Saint-Gingolph.
Taney
Hamlet
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tanay, also spelled "Taney", is a hamlet located in the municipality of Vouvry, in Switzerland. Taney is situated 6 km southeast of Saint-Gingolph.
Saint-Gingolph
- Categories: border city, town divided by border, and locality
- Location: Saint-Gingolph, Arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.39307° or 46° 23′ 35″ northLongitude
6.80391° or 6° 48′ 14″ eastPopulation
895Elevation
386 metres (1,266 feet)Name during the French Revolution
“Morgelibre”Open location code
8FR89RV3+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1373178142OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Saint-Gingolph” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Saint-Gingolph”
- Chinese: “圣冈戈勒弗”
- Chinese: “圣然戈尔夫”
- Chinese: “聖岡戈勒弗”
- Dutch: “Saint-Gingolph”
- French: “Léman Forest”
- French: “Morgelibre”
- French: “Saint-gingolph”
- French: “Saint-Gingolph”
- Hebrew: “סן-ג’נגולף”
- Hungarian: “Saint-Gingolph”
- Lombard: “San Gingólf”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint-Gingolph”
- Swedish: “Saint-Gingolph”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Douane de Saint-Gingolph (France) and Place du Château.
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