Champel

Champel is a neighborhood in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Champel is widely considered a posh, high-class neighbourhood due to its numerous parks and natural spaces, very luxurious apartments and proximity to the city center.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Genève-Champel railway station and Geneva University Hospitals.

Genève-Champel railway station

Railway station

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Genève-Champel railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Geneva, in the Swiss canton of Geneva. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge CEVA orbital railway line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Geneva University Hospitals

Hospital

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The Geneva University Hospitals is one of the five university hospitals of Switzerland and the largest one in the country. It is one of the largest hospitals in Europe.

St. Pierre Cathedral

Church

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Saint Peter's Cathedral Geneva is a historic church in Geneva, Switzerland. Since 1535, it has been the principal church of the Protestant Church of Geneva and a central site of the Protestant Reformation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plainpalais and Les Eaux-Vives.

Plainpalais

Suburb

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Plainpalais is a neighbourhood in Geneva, Switzerland, and a former municipality of the Canton of Geneva up to 1931.

Les Eaux-Vives

Suburb

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Les Eaux-Vives was a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, from 1798 to 1931. Located on the left bank of Lake Geneva, it was incorporated into the City of Geneva on 1 January 1931, along with Plainpalais and Le Petit-Saconnex.