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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fiesch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Ludo29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Toules Dam and Le Mourin.
Le Mourin
Peak
Le Mourin is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located west of Bourg-Saint-Pierre in the canton of Valais. On its south-east side the mountain overlooks the Lac des Toules.
Petit Vélan
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Petit Vélan is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of Bourg-Saint-Pierre in the canton of Valais. It lies NW of Mont Vélan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourg-Saint-Pierre and La Fouly.
Bourg-Saint-Pierre
Village
Photo: ChristiaanPR, CC0.
Bourg-Saint-Pierre is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bourg-Saint-Pierre is the highest inhabited locality of the valley and the last village when ascending the Great Saint Bernard Pass.
La Fouly
Village
Photo: Aaquilino, Public domain.
La Fouly is a village in Val Ferret in the Swiss canton of Valais. At an altitude of 1,600 metres, it is part of the municipality of Orsières. It sits at the foot of Mont Dolent and the Tour Noir in the Mont Blanc massif. La Fouly is situated 8 km west of Lac des Toules.
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
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir
- 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″ northLongitude
7.19918° or 7° 11′ 57″ eastElevation
1,789 metres (5,869 feet)Open location code
8FQ9W59X+HMOpenStreetMap ID
way 23852671OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
11396855Wikidata ID
Q677909
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Satellite Map
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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”
- German: “Staumauer Les Toules”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lac des Toules”
- Polish: “Lac des Toules”
- Polish: “Toules”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Toules”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Les Teppes and Tsousse.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parc solaire flottant sur le Lac des Toules and Croix de Tsousse.
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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 des Toules”. Photo: Fiesch, CC BY-SA 3.0.