Les Auges
Les Auges is a building in Bourg-en-Lavaux, Lavaux-Oron District, Vaud. Les Auges is situated nearby to the peak Mont de Gourze, as well as near Tower of Gourze.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mont de Gourze and Grandvaux railway station.
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.
Grandvaux railway station
Railway station
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grandvaux railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways. Grandvaux railway station is situated 1½ km southwest of Les Auges.
Tower of Gourze
Tower
Photo: Zadina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The tower of Gourze is the remnants of a medieval lookout tower on the Mont de Gourze in the Swiss canton of Vaud. A square tower, it is approximately 9 metres tall and has views over Lake Geneva. Tower of Gourze is situated 630 metres north of Les Auges.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riex and Lavaux.
Riex
Village
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riex is a former municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux.
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.
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.
Les Auges
- Type: Building
- Address: Bourg-en-Lavaux
- Location: Bourg-en-Lavaux, Lavaux-Oron District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.50562° or 46° 30′ 20″ northLongitude
6.7382° or 6° 44′ 18″ eastElevation
705 metres (2,313 feet)Open location code
8FR8GP4Q+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 93520200OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
11466940
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- French: “Les Auges”
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