Bois des Douves
Bois des Douves is a nature reserve in Versoix, Canton of Geneva. Bois des Douves is situated nearby to the hamlet La Bâtie, as well as near the locality Bochus Creuson.Places of Interest
Highlights include Versoix railway station and Bâtie-Beauregard.
Versoix railway station
Railway station
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Versoix railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Versoix, in the Swiss canton of Geneva. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Bâtie-Beauregard
Castle
Photo: RomanDeckert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bâtie-Beauregard - which can be translated from French as "building with a beautiful gaze" - is a ruined hill castle in the municipality of Collex-Bossy and one of the few remnants of a medieval castle in what is now the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ferney-Voltaire and Ornex.
Ferney-Voltaire
Town
Photo: Patrub01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ferney-Voltaire is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It lies between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss border; it forms part of the metropolitan area of Geneva.
Ornex
Village
Photo: Pierre73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ornex is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Genthod
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Genthod is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
Bois des Douves
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Versoix, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.292° or 46° 17′ 31″ northLongitude
6.1344° or 6° 8′ 4″ eastOpen location code
8FR874RM+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1842979163OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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