La Chercotte

La Chercotte is a hamlet in Forel (Lavaux), Lavaux-Oron District, Vaud. La Chercotte is situated nearby to the hamlet La Tuilière, as well as near the locality Route du Bois de la Chaux.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mont de Gourze and Lac de Bret.

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.

Lac de Bret is a lake in the municipality of Puidoux, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located north of Lake Léman. The natural lake is used as a drinking water reservoir for the city of Lausanne. Lac de Bret is situated 3 km east of La Chercotte.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riex and Forel.

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. Riex is situated 3 km south of La Chercotte.

Forel

Village

Photo: Abaddon1337, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Forel is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. Forel is situated 3½ km northeast of La Chercotte.

Lavaux

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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.

La Chercotte

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Forel (Lavaux), Lavaux-Oron District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.52178° or 46° 31′ 18″ north

Longitude

6.73912° or 6° 44′ 21″ east

Elevation

731 metres (2,398 feet)

Open location code

8FR8GPCQ+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 469108671

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

11467334

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French: “La Chercotte”

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