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.
- Reservoir
- …has a surface elevation of 1,810 metres (5,938 feet)
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Toules Dam and Petit Vélan.
Le Mourin
Peak
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Villages in the Area
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La Fouly
La Fouly is a village in Val Ferret in the Swiss canton of Valais.
8 km west of Lac des Toules
Liddes
Liddes is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
8 km north of Lac des Toules
Lac des Toules
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Latitude
45.91899° or 45° 55′ 8″ north
Longitude
7.19918° or 7° 11′ 57″ east
Open location code
8FQ9W59X+HM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
OpenStreetMap feature
water = reservoir
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Lac des Toules” goes by many names.
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