Lac de Bret
Lac de Bret is a lake in the municipality of Puidoux, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located north of Lake Geneva. The natural lake is used as a drinking water reservoir for the city of Lausanne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dake, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: reservoir
- Also known as: “Lac de Brêt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moreillon railway station and Puidoux railway station.
Moreillon railway station
Railway station
Photo: Joggeli78, Public domain.
Moreillon railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Puidoux, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Puidoux railway station
Railway station
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Puidoux railway station, also known as Puidoux-Chexbres railway station, is a railway station in the municipality of Puidoux, in the Swiss canton of Vaud.
Mont de Gourze
Peak
Photo: Marc Mongenet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mont de Gourze is a mountain in Switzerland, overlooking Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud. On the summit is located the medieval lookout tower of Gourze.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puidoux and Epesses.
Puidoux
Village
Photo: Marie Claire, CC BY 2.0.
Puidoux is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.
Epesses
Village
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Epesses is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron on Lake Geneva. It is noted for its wine production.
Lavaux
Lavaux is internationally famous as a terraced wine-growing region on the shores of Lake Geneva in western Switzerland. It covers the territory roughly from Lausanne to Montreux, extending to an altitude of roughly 500 meters above lake level and including 6 lake shore villages and the city of Vevey.
Lac de Bret
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Puidoux, Lavaux-Oron District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.51318° or 46° 30′ 48″ northLongitude
6.77321° or 6° 46′ 24″ eastElevation
672 metres (2,205 feet)Open location code
8FR8GQ7F+77OpenStreetMap ID
way 330228737OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
11396256Wikidata ID
Q870058
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Lac de Bret” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “佈雷特湖”
- Chinese: “布雷特湖”
- Dutch: “Lac de Bret”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Bret”
- French: “lac de Bret”
- French: “Lac de Bret”
- German: “Lac de Bret”
- Italian: “lago di Bret”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lac de Bret”
- Portuguese: “Lago Bret”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Les Cheneveyres and Botonnet.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cimetière de Puidoux and Chapelle de Puidoux.
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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 “Lac de Bret”. Photo: Dake, CC BY-SA 3.0.