Switzerland
Western Switzerland
Vaud

Lavaux

Lavaux is internationally famous as a terraced wine-growing region on the shores of Lake Geneva in western . It covers the territory roughly from to , extending to an altitude of roughly 500 meters above lake level and including 6 lake shore villages and the city of .
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  • Type: region
  • Description: region of terraced vineyards in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Lavaux vineyards”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Puidoux railway station and Cully railway station.

Railway station
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, also known as Puidoux-Chexbres railway station, is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Vaud.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the locality of , within the municipality of , in the canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Peak
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is a mountain in Switzerland, overlooking in the canton of . On the summit is located the medieval lookout .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lutry and Puidoux.

Town
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is a municipality in the canton of , located in the , which includes the Lavaux region, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Village
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is a municipality in in the canton of , located in the district of .

Village
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is a municipality in the canton of , located in the district of . is a wine-growing village and enjoys a good selection of local vintages.

Lavaux

Latitude
46.4919° or 46° 29′ 31″ north
Longitude
6.7461° or 6° 44′ 46″ east
Open location code
8FR8FPRW+QC
Wiki­data ID
Q688060
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arpitan to Vietnamese—“Lavaux” goes by many names.
  • Arpitan: “La Vâl”
  • Arpitan: “La Vau”
  • Arpitan: “Lavau”
  • Arpitan: “Vegnôblo de La Vâl”
  • Basque: “Lavaux”
  • Catalan: “Lavaux”
  • Chinese: “拉沃葡萄园梯田”
  • Chinese: “拉沃葡萄園梯田”
  • Croatian: “Lavaux”
  • Czech: “Lavaux”
  • Dutch: “Lavaux”
  • Dutch: “Wijngaardterrassen van Lavaux”
  • Esperanto: “Lavaux”
  • Finnish: “Lavaux”
  • French: “Lavaux”
  • French: “vignoble de Lavaux”
  • Galician: “Lavaux”
  • Georgian: “ლავო”
  • German: “Lavaux”
  • Greek: “αμπελώνες του Λαβώ”
  • Greek: “Λαβώ”
  • Hebrew: “לבו”
  • Hindi: “लैवॉक्स”
  • Hungarian: “Lavaux”
  • Italian: “Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces”
  • Italian: “Lavaux”
  • Japanese: “ラヴォー”
  • Korean: “라보 포도원”
  • Korean: “라보”
  • Latin: “Lavaux”
  • Lithuanian: “Lavo vynuogynų terasos”
  • Maltese: “Lavaux”
  • Mingrelian: “ლავო”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lavaux”
  • Persian: “لاوو”
  • Polish: “Lavaux”
  • Portuguese: “Lavaux”
  • Romansh: “Lavaux”
  • Russian: “Виноградники Лаво”
  • Russian: “Террасные виноградники Лаво”
  • Russian: “Террасовые виноградники Лаво”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Terasasti vinogradi Lavauxa”
  • Sicilian: “Lavaux”
  • Slovak: “Lavaux”
  • Spanish: “Lavaux”
  • Swedish: “Lavaux”
  • Swiss German: “Lavaux”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Lavaux”
  • Turkish: “Lavaux”
  • Ukrainian: “Терасні виноградники Лаво”
  • Venetian: “Lavaux”
  • Vietnamese: “Lavaux”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Lavaux”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.