Canton of Aargau
Baden District
Würenlingen

Zwilag

Zwilag is an interim storage facility for all categories of radioactive waste from nuclear power plants in Switzerland. It is located next to the Paul Scherrer Institute site in .
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  • Type: Industry
  • Description: radioactive waste repository in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “ZWILAG”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Axporama and Böttstein Castle.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 1½ km north of Zwilag.

Castle
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is a castle in the municipality of in the canton of in . is situated 1½ km north of Zwilag.

Islet
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is an islet, which is situated 1½ km north of Zwilag.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Böttstein and Villigen.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of in . In January 2006, incorporated the former municipality of .

Village
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is a former municipality of the canton of Aargau, . On 1 January 2006, it merged with its neighbouring municipality, . is situated 3 km south of Zwilag.

Zwilag

Latitude
47.54099° or 47° 32′ 28″ north
Longitude
8.23172° or 8° 13′ 54″ east
Open location code
8FVCG6RJ+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 315231333
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q244685
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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Zwilag” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zwilag”. Photo: Voyager, CC BY-SA 3.0.