Salanfe

Salanfe is a power station in Valais, Switzerland. Salanfe is situated nearby to the waterfall Pissevache, as well as near the cliff Falaise de Miéville.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pissevache and Vernayaz railway station.

Pissevache

Waterfall

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pissevache is a waterfall, which is situated 320 metres south of Salanfe.

Vernayaz railway station

Railway stop

Vernayaz railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Vernayaz railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Vernayaz, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local trains only. Vernayaz railway station is situated 1¼ km southeast of Salanfe.

Dent du Salantin

Peak

Dent du Salantin

Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Dent du Salantin is a mountain of the Chablais Alps, overlooking the Rhone valley between Evionnaz and Vernayaz, in the canton of Valais. It lies in the massif of the Dents du Midi, east of Lac de Salanfe. Dent du Salantin is situated 2½ km west of Salanfe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorénaz and Vernayaz.

Dorénaz

Village

Dorénaz is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Vernayaz

Village

Photo: copetan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Vernayaz is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.

Collonges

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Collonges is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Collonges is situated 3 km north of Salanfe.

Salanfe

Type: Power station
Category: industry
Location: Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.14676° or 46° 8′ 48″ north

Longitude

7.02914° or 7° 1′ 45″ east

Operator

Alpiq

Open location code

8FR942WH+PM

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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