Lac du Bourget

Lac du Bourget, also locally known as Lac d'Aix, is a lake at the southernmost end of the Jura Mountains in the department of , . It is the deepest lake located entirely within France, and either the largest or second largest after depending on season.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in France
  • Also known as: “Lac de Chambery”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Hautecombe (Cistercian Abbey) and Église Saint-Antoine de La Chapelle-du-Mont-du-Chat.

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Hautecombe Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery… is situated 3 km northwest of Lac du Bourget.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 3 km south of Lac du Bourget.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 3 km south of Lac du Bourget.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brison-Saint-Innocent and Grésy-sur-Aix.

Village
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is a commune in the …

Village
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is a commune in the department… is situated 5 km east of Lac du Bourget.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the… is situated 5 km west of Lac du Bourget.

Lac du Bourget

Latitude
45.73333° or 45° 44′ north
Longitude
5.86667° or 5° 52′ east
Elevation
230 metres (755 feet)
Open location code
8FQ7PVM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
3031000
Wiki­data ID
Q23426
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Lac du Bourget” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة دو بورجيه”
  • Arpitan: “Lèc du Borgèt”
  • Basque: “Bourgeteko aintzira”
  • Belarusian: “Возера Лак-дзю-Буржэ”
  • Belarusian: “Лак-дзю-Буржэ”
  • Belarusian: “Ляк-дзю-Буржэ”
  • Bulgarian: “Бурже”
  • Catalan: “Lac du Bourget”
  • Cebuano: “Lac du Bourget”
  • Chinese: “布尔歇湖”
  • Chuvash: “Лак-дю-Бурже”
  • Croatian: “Bourgetsko jezero”
  • Czech: “Bourget”
  • Danish: “Bourget-søen”
  • Danish: “Bourgetsøen”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Bourget”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Le Bourget”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Bourget”
  • French: “lac du Bourget”
  • French: “Lac du Bourget”
  • Galician: “Lago Bourget”
  • German: “Lac du Bourget”
  • Italian: “lago del Bourget”
  • Italian: “Lago del Bourget”
  • Japanese: “ブルジェ湖”
  • Korean: “부르제호”
  • Latin: “Lacus Bourget”
  • Latin: “Lacus de Burgello Camerinorum”
  • Latvian: “Buržē ezers”
  • Lithuanian: “Buržė ežeras”
  • Macedonian: “Буржеско Езеро”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bourgetsjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bourgetsjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Bourgetsjøen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lac du Bourget”
  • Persian: “دریاچه بورژه”
  • Piemontese: “Lagh ëd Bourget”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Bourget”
  • Portuguese: “Lago do Bourget”
  • Russian: “Бурже”
  • Russian: “Лак-дю-Бурже”
  • Slovak: “Lac du Bourget”
  • Spanish: “Lago Bourget”
  • Spanish: “Lago del Bourget”
  • Swedish: “Bourgetsjön”
  • Ukrainian: “Бурже (озеро)”
  • Ukrainian: “Бурже”
  • “Lac du Bourget”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Grésine and Brison-Saint-Innocent.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pointe de l’Ardre and Baie de Grésine.

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