Swissvale

Swissvale is a borough in , United States, 9 miles east of downtown . Named for a farmstead owned by James Swisshelm, during the industrial age it was the site of the Union Switch and Signal Company of George Westinghouse.
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  • Type: Village with 8,910 residents
  • Description: borough in Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Swissvale, PA”, “Swissvale, Pennsylvania”, and “Сwиссвале”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Roslyn station and Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale.

Bus station
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Roslyn is a station on the East Busway, located in Swissvale.

Library
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Ruins
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is a retired blast furnace located…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Edgewood and Rankin.

Village
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is a borough…

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Village
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is a borough in , United States.

Swissvale

Latitude
40.42368° or 40° 25′ 25″ north
Longitude
-79.88283° or 79° 52′ 58″ west
Population
8,910
Elevation
1,024 feet (312 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US SWI
Open location code
87G2C4F8+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158508833
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5215064
Wiki­data ID
Q1180427
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Swissvale” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Swissvale”
  • Catalan: “Swissvale”
  • Cebuano: “Swissvale”
  • Chechen: “Свиссвейл”
  • Chinese: “斯威斯韋爾”
  • Chinese: “斯威斯韦尔”
  • Dutch: “Swissvale”
  • French: “Swissvale”
  • German: “Swissvale”
  • Gilaki: “سوئیس‌ویل (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “سوئیس‌ویل”
  • Haitian: “Swissvale, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Swissvale”
  • Hebrew: “סויסוייל”
  • Italian: “Swissvale”
  • Japanese: “スイスヴェール”
  • Japanese: “スウィスヴェール”
  • Ladin: “Swissvale”
  • Malagasy: “Swissvale, Pennsylvania”
  • Malagasy: “Swissvale”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Swissvale”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Swissvale (Pennsylvania)”
  • Norwegian: “Swissvale”
  • Polish: “Swissvale”
  • Portuguese: “Swissvale”
  • Russian: “Свиссвал”
  • Serbian: “Свисвејл”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Swissvale, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Swissvale”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سویسوئیل، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Spanish: “Swissvale”
  • Swedish: “Swissvale”
  • Tatar: “Свиссвейл”
  • Ukrainian: “Свіссвейл”
  • Urdu: “سوئس ویل، پنسلوانیا”
  • Uzbek: “Swissvale”
  • Vietnamese: “Swissvale, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Swissvale”
  • Volapük: “Swissvale”
  • Welsh: “Swissvale, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Swissvale”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Regent Square and Hamnett Place.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Filmet Park and Madonna del Castello.

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