Lac de Champex
Lac de Champex is a lake in Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 11 ha. The village of Champex is situated on the shores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Artillery Fort of Champex and Champex Pass.
Artillery Fort of Champex
Museum
Photo: Picea Abies, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Artillery Fort of Champex is a museum.
Champex Pass
Mountain saddle
Champex Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is near the village of Champex-Lac.
La Breya
Peak
Photo: François Bianco, CC BY-SA 2.0.
La Breya is a mountain of the Mont Blanc massif, overlooking Champex in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is accessible by chair lift from Champex, the upper station being located at Grands Plans.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Champex and Orsières.
Champex
Village
Photo: Bescoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Champex is a village located in the French-speaking Swiss canton of Valais, part of the municipality of Orsières. The village lies at 1,470 metres on the shore of Lac de Champex, at the foot of the Mont Blanc Massif.
Orsières
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Orsières is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Gorges du Durnand
Locality
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Gorges du Durnand is a locality, which is situated 6 km northwest of Lac de Champex.
Lac de Champex
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Category: body of water
- Location: Orsières, Entremont District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Vietnamese—“Lac de Champex” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لاك د تشامپيكس”
- French: “lac de Champex”
- French: “Lac de Champex”
- German: “Lac de Champex”
- Italian: “Lago Champex”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lac de Champex”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Champex”
- Russian: “Озеро Шампе”
- Spanish: “Lago Champex”
- Vietnamese: “Lac de Champex”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grands Plans and Li Blanche.
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