Mont Verdun

Mont Verdun is a peak in , , and has an elevation of 626 metres. Mont Verdun is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
Photo: Otourly, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort du Mont Verdun and Lyon – Mont Verdun Air Base.

Fort
Photo: Rexcornot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Mont Verdun is the biggest highlight of the second belt of Forts around Lyon and is the only one considered to be a mountain fort. It rests at 630 meters altitude, dominating , , the lower valley and the Saône valley.

Military installation
Photo: Touriste, Public domain.
is located to the northwest of . It is a center for air defense operations transferred to the site from the now-deactivated headquarters of the French Air Force at Taverny Air Base – BA921 near Paris, with an underground alternate strategic command center hardened against chemical and nuclear attack.

Castle
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is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Limonest and Chasselay.

Village
Photo: Beuvave, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the in region in eastern .

Village
Photo: Fr.Latreille, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in eastern . The village is located between and . It is a relatively rural community without a train station.

Hamlet
Photo: CHABERT Louis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Mont Verdun

Latitude
45.84895° or 45° 50′ 56″ north
Longitude
4.77914° or 4° 46′ 45″ east
Elevation
626 metres (2,054 feet)
Open location code
8FQ6RQXH+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262572371
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
8555808
Wiki­data ID
Q11041
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Satellite Map

Discover Mont Verdun from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Mont Verdun” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Mont Verdun”
  • Cebuano: “Mont Verdun”
  • Chinese: “凡尔登峰”
  • Dutch: “mont Verdun”
  • French: “mont Verdun”
  • French: “Mont Verdun”
  • German: “Mont Verdun”
  • Italian: “Mont Verdun”
  • Japanese: “ヴェルダン山”
  • Japanese: “モン・ヴェルダン”
  • Ladin: “Mont Verdun”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mont Verdun”
  • Spanish: “Mont Verdun”
  • Venetian: “Monte Verdun”

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Localities in the Area

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