Le Lignon

Le Lignon is an urban development in the town of Vernier, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was designed by architect Georges Addor between 1964 and 1966 and consists of three large buildings and is one of the largest apartment complexes in the world, containing 2,780 units.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Église de l’Épiphanie and Passerelle du Lignon.

Église de l’Épiphanie

Church

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Église de l’Épiphanie is a church.

Passerelle du Lignon

Bridge

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Passerelle du Lignon is a bridge.

Pont Butin

Bridge

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Pont Butin is a bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Les Acacias and Lancy.

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. Les Acacias is situated 3 km southeast of Le Lignon.

Lancy

Town

Photo: Bermill, Public domain.

Lancy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Lancy is situated 3 km southeast of Le Lignon.

Meyrin

Town

Photo: Karoly Lorentey, CC BY 2.0.

Geneva, Switzerland's second-most populous city and the largest French-speaking city in Switzerland, is one of the world's major centres of international diplomacy, having served as the site of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross since its foundation in 1863. Meyrin is situated 3½ km northwest of Le Lignon.

Le Lignon

Type: Neighborhood
Description: large superstructure in Vernier in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Categories: human settlement, architectural structure, and locality
Location: Vernier, Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.20404° or 46° 12′ 15″ north

Longitude

6.09603° or 6° 5′ 46″ east

Elevation

416 metres (1,365 feet)

Open location code

8FR8633W+JC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3959282433

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

6691644

Wikidata ID

Q1094320

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Portuguese—“Le Lignon” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Le Lignon”
French: “Le Lignon”
French: “Lignon”
German: “Cité du Lignon”
German: “Cité le Lignon”
German: “Le Lignon”
Portuguese: “Le Lignon”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Le Lignon”. Photo: Port(u*o)s, CC BY 3.0.