Valais
Hérens District
Hérémence

Grande Dixence dam

The Grande Dixence Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence at the head of the Val d'Hérémence in the canton of in . At 285 m high, it is the tallest gravity dam in the world, seventh tallest dam overall, and the tallest dam in .
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: concrete gravity dam on the Dixence River in Hérémence in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Grande Dixence Dam” and “La Grande Dixence”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapelle Saint Jean-Baptiste d’Hérémence and Hotel Ritz (workers‘ accommodation).

Church
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is a church, which is situated 210 metres north of Grande Dixence dam.

Building
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is a building, which is situated 300 metres north of Grande Dixence dam.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the Swiss , overlooking Lac des Dix in the canton of . It lies between the valleys of and , north of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Former Louvie alpine pasture and Evolène.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 8 km southwest of Grande Dixence dam.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of in . It includes the villages of , , La Sage, Villa, La Forclaz, and , the hamlets of Lannaz and La Tour, and the hollow of . is situated 8 km northeast of Grande Dixence dam.

Village
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is a in the , located in the canton of . The village is situated in the central part of the canton, in the , south of . is situated 8 km east of Grande Dixence dam.

Grande Dixence dam

Latitude
46.08122° or 46° 4′ 52″ north
Longitude
7.40284° or 7° 24′ 10″ east
Elevation
2,285 metres (7,497 feet)
Height
285 metres (935 feet)
Operator
Grande Dixence S.A.
Open location code
8FR93CJ3+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26306915
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
7282655
Wiki­data ID
Q675009
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Grande Dixence dam” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “presa de la Grande Dixence”
  • Catalan: “Presa de la Grande Dixence”
  • Cebuano: “Grande Dixence Dam”
  • Chinese: “大迪克桑斯坝”
  • Chinese: “大迪克桑斯壩”
  • Czech: “Grande Dixence”
  • Danish: “Grand Dixence”
  • Danish: “Grande Dixence”
  • Dutch: “Grande Dixence-dam”
  • Dutch: “Grande Dixencedam”
  • French: “barrage de la Grande-Dixence”
  • French: “Barrage de la Grande-Dixence”
  • German: “Staumauer Grande Dixence”
  • Italian: “Diga della Grande Dixence”
  • Italian: “diga di Grande Dixence”
  • Italian: “Grande Dixence”
  • Japanese: “グランド・ディクサンス・ダム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grande Dixence-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grande Dixence”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grande Dixence-demninga”
  • Norwegian: “Grand Dixence”
  • Persian: “سد گرانده دیکسنس”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem Dixence”
  • Russian: “Гранд Диксенс”
  • Russian: “Дамба Гранд Диксенс”
  • Slovak: “Grande-Dixence”
  • Slovenian: “Jez Grande Dixence”
  • Swedish: “Grande Dixence Dam”
  • Swedish: “Grande Dixencedammen”
  • Ukrainian: “Гранд-Діксенс”

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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 “Grande Dixence dam”. Photo: Jeremy.toma, CC BY-SA 4.0.