France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Savoie

Mont-Cenis Lake

Mont-Cenis Lake is a located in the Mont-Cenis massif at an altitude of 1,974 meters in the municipality of in France. It is situated at the top of the Cenise valley, on the Italian side of the Mont-Cenis pass, the most frequented passage on the Lyon-Turin-Milan axis during the Middle Ages between Western Europe and the Italian peninsula.
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: lake in Savoie, France
  • Also known as: “Lago del Moncenísio”, “Moncenisio Lake”, and “Mont Cenis Lake”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Forte Varisello and Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption dite la Pyramide de Mont-Cenis.

Castle
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is a castle.

Church
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is a church.

Castle
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is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand-Croix and Mont Cenis Pass.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a former commune in the department in the region in south-eastern . Part of its territory is home to the ski resort.

Mont-Cenis Lake

Latitude
45.23764° or 45° 14′ 16″ north
Longitude
6.93249° or 6° 55′ 57″ east
Elevation
1,929 metres (6,329 feet)
Open location code
8FQ86WQJ+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 14345119
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
2992850
Wiki­data ID
Q1336068
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Satellite Map

Discover Mont-Cenis Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Mont-Cenis Lake” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “llac del Mont Cenis”
  • Catalan: “Llac del Mont Cenis”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Mont Cenis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره مونت سينيس”
  • French: “Lac du Mont Cenis”
  • French: “lac du Mont-Cenis”
  • French: “Lac du Mont-Cenis”
  • German: “Lac du Mont Cenis”
  • Italian: “Diga del Moncenisio”
  • Italian: “Lago del Moncenisio”
  • Piemontese: “Lagh dël Monsnis”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Mont-Cenis”
  • Polish: “Mont-Cenis”
  • Venetian: “lago del Moncenisio”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Centro 16 and Lac du Mont Cenis.

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