Lac des Toules
Lac des Toules is a reservoir in Valais, Switzerland, at Bourg-Saint-Pierre. Its surface area is 0.61 km2. It has a €2.2 million floating solar plant that was flown in by helicopter in 2019, and delivers 800 MWh/year. The dam Les Toules was completed in 1963.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir
- Also known as: “Staumauer Les Toules”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Toules Dam and Petit Vélan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourg-Saint-Pierre and La Fouly.
La Fouly
Village
Photo: Aaquilino, Public domain.Liddes
Village
Liddes is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Liddes is situated 8 km north of Lac des Toules.
Lac des Toules
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Entremont District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.91899° or 45° 55′ 8″ north
Longitude
7.19918° or 7° 11′ 57″ east
Elevation
1,789 metres (5,869 feet)
Open location code
8FQ9W59X+HM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Lac des Toules” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圖勒湖”
- Dutch: “Lac des Toules”
- French: “lac des Toules”
- French: “Lac des Toules”
- German: “Lac des Toules”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lac des Toules”
- Polish: “Lac des Toules”
- Polish: “Toules”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Toules”
- “Lac des Toules”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Les Teppes and Tsousse.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Parc solaire flottant sur le Lac des Toules and Croix de Tsousse.
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