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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Natural History Museum
Museum
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The Natural History Museum of Geneva is a natural history museum in Geneva, Switzerland. Louis Jurine’s collections of Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera are held by the museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carouge and Les Acacias.
Les Acacias
Quarter
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Les Acacias is a district shared between the cities of Geneva and Carouge in Switzerland, located on the left bank of the Arve.
Champel
- Type: Suburb
- Description: residential quarter of Geneva city
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Geneva, Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.19281° or 46° 11′ 34″ northLongitude
6.15362° or 6° 9′ 13″ eastElevation
433 metres (1,421 feet)Open location code
8FR855V3+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 2822279642OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Champel” goes by many names.
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