Western Switzerland
Vaud
Nyon District

Prangins

Prangins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of in . It is located on .
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  • Type: Village with 3,910 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH5725” and “Prangins VD”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Geneva Museum and Nyon railway station.

Museum
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The is located in , Switzerland. It was founded in 1954, and was created for the many artifacts found in the lake, such as shipwrecks, models, and engines. It also contains aquariums with images of wildlife.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways and the southern terminus of the 1,000 mm metre gauge Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez line of the Chemin de fer Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez.

Castle
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is a castle in the municipality of Prangins of the Canton of Vaud in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nyon and Gland.

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is a small town on the western shore of , . The Romans who founded the settlement in the 1st century BC called it Noviodunum. Today you can visit a few Roman ruins and a Roman museum.

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of in . The city also is home to the IUCN and WWF headquarters. is situated 3½ km north of Prangins.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of in . is situated 4 km southwest of Prangins.

Prangins

Latitude
46.3948° or 46° 23′ 41″ north
Longitude
6.2488° or 6° 14′ 56″ east
Population
3,910
Elevation
409 metres (1,342 feet)
Open location code
8FR896VX+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240070282
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7286826
Wiki­data ID
Q69293
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Prangins” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պրանժեն”
  • Basque: “Prangins”
  • Breton: “Prangins”
  • Bulgarian: “Пранжен”
  • Catalan: “Prangins”
  • Cebuano: “Prangins (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Prangins”
  • Chinese: “普朗然”
  • Czech: “Prangins”
  • Dutch: “Prangins”
  • Esperanto: “Prangins”
  • Finnish: “Prangins”
  • French: “Prangins VD”
  • French: “Prangins”
  • German: “Prangins VD”
  • German: “Prangins”
  • Hebrew: “פרנז’ן”
  • Hungarian: “Prangins”
  • Irish: “Prangins”
  • Italian: “Prangins VD”
  • Italian: “Prangins”
  • Japanese: “プランジャン”
  • Lombard: “Prangins”
  • Luxembourgish: “Prangins”
  • Malay: “Prangins”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Prangins”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prangins”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Prangins”
  • Polish: “Prangins”
  • Portuguese: “Prangins”
  • Romansh: “Prangins”
  • Russian: “Пранжен”
  • Slovak: “Prangins”
  • Spanish: “Prangins”
  • Swedish: “Prangins”
  • Swiss German: “Prangins”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Prangins”
  • Turkish: “Prangins”
  • Ukrainian: “Пранжен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Prangins”
  • Venetian: “Prangins”
  • Volapük: “Prangins”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Prangins”
  • Welsh: “Prangins”
  • “Prangins”
  • “Prangins VD”

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