Pittsburgh Region
Allegheny County
Borough of Swissvale

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” and “Swissvale, Pennsylvania”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Roslyn station and Carnegie Fr Lib Of Swissvale.

Bus station
Photo: hhm8, CC BY 2.0.
Roslyn is a station on the East Busway, located in Swissvale.

Library
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is a library.

Ruins
Photo: PixOnTrax, Public domain.
is a retired blast furnace located along the Monongahela River in the area industrial town of Swissvale, Pennsylvania. It was one of the structures comprising the Homestead Steel Works.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Edgewood and Rankin.

Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is a borough in , United States, adjacent to the city of . The population was 3,145 at the 2020 census.

Village
Photo: Whitaker, Public domain.
is a borough in , United States, 8 miles south of on the Monongahela River. The borough was named after Thomas , a local landowner.

Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is a borough in , United States. The population was 1,730 at the 2020 census. is located approximately 8 miles east of downtown and is a residential suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

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)
United Nations Location Code
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: “Swissvale”
  • 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”
  • Polish: “Swissvale”
  • Portuguese: “Swissvale”
  • Serbian: “Свисвејл”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Swissvale, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Swissvale”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سویسوئیل، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Spanish: “Swissvale”
  • Swedish: “Swissvale”
  • Tatar: “Свиссвейл”
  • Ukrainian: “Свіссвейл”
  • Uzbek: “Swissvale”
  • Uzbek: “Сwиссвале”
  • Vietnamese: “Swissvale, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Swissvale”
  • Volapük: “Swissvale”
  • Welsh: “Swissvale, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Swissvale”

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