Faure
Faure is a railway station in Stellenbosch Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape. Faure is situated nearby to the grassland Baden Powell Drive Greenbelt, as well as near the suburb Macassar.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eersterivier Secondary School and Cape Town Film Studios.
Eersterivier Secondary School
School
Eersteriver Secondary School is an Afrikaans-medium school in Eerste River in the Western Cape, South Africa. Eersterivier Secondary School is situated 1½ km northwest of Faure.
Cape Town Film Studios
Recording studio
Cape Town Film Studios is a film and television studio in Cape Town, South Africa. It opened in May 2010. The 200-hectare studio, located about 30 kilometres from the centre of Cape Town, has been involved in the production of a number of blockbusters, including Chronicle, Dredd, Mad Max: Fury Road, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Tomb Raider, Bloodshot and Monster Hunter. Cape Town Film Studios is situated 2½ km west of Faure.
IThemba LABS
Research institute
iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences is a scientific research centre with plants at Faure near Cape Town and on the Wits Campus in Johannesburg. IThemba LABS is situated 2½ km west of Faure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Macassar and Firgrove.
Macassar
Suburb
Photo: Janek Szymanowski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Macassar is a small town in South Africa, close to Strand and Somerset West, with an approximate population of 33,225. Administratively it is under City of Cape Town Eastern Suburbs zone. Macassar is situated 5 km southeast of Faure.
Firgrove
Suburb
Firgrove is a small town located 39 kilometres south-east of Cape Town and 7 kilometres west of Somerset West in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Firgrove is situated 5 km southeast of Faure.
Blue Downs
Town
Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blue Downs is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It forms part of the Eastern Suburbs Zone of the City of Cape Town situated on the eastern outskirts of the city and is also located on the Cape Flats, a flat expanse of land east of Cape Town. Blue Downs is situated 5 km northwest of Faure.
Faure
- Type: Railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Stellenbosch Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.02632° or 34° 1′ 35″ southLongitude
18.74729° or 18° 44′ 50″ eastNetwork
Metrorail Western CapeOpen location code
4FQWXPFW+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 9151124448OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q124395859
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Faure” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Faure”
- French: “Faure”
- Turkish: “Faure Garı”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Paul’s Anglican Church Faure and Baden Powell Drive Greenbelt.
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