Le Bouveret

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Le Bouveret
Coat of arms of Le Bouveret
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais (VS)
District : Montheyw
Municipal municipality : Port Valaisi2
Postal code : 1897
Coordinates : 555 356  /  137051 coordinates: 46 ° 23 '0 "  N , 6 ° 51' 30"  O ; CH1903:  555 356  /  137051
Height : 387  m above sea level M.
Residents: 1500 (2012)
Website: www.bouveret.ch
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The landing stage for the Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le Lac Léman at the Bouveret SBB train station .

Le Bouveret is a village at 387  m above sea level. M. in the municipality of Port-Valais in the Monthey district in the canton of Valais in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial view (1968)

The village is located on Lake Geneva , on the west side of the Rhone delta .

The municipality with its 800 inhabitants is a popular holiday destination thanks to the campsite and the two amusement parks.

The Passerelle des Grangettes leads over the Rhone Canal into the nature reserve Les Grangettes .

Attractions

The English-speaking college for hotel management, the Institute Hotelier «César Ritz» (or César Ritz Colleges Switzerland ) is based in Bouveret .

There is also the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Benoît de Port-Valais on site .

Attractions

  • Swiss Aqua Parc . In 2013 this adventure pool had 315,000 visitors.
  • Swiss Vapeur Parc . Miniature railway park with sights of Switzerland in miniature.
  • Museum The Mosimann Collection - A culinary heritage , on the grounds of the hotel management school César Ritz Colleges Switzerland , opened in June 2016.

Web links

Commons : Le Bouveret  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Aquaparcs .
  2. ^ Reto E. Wild: Travel destination Switzerland. In: Migros Magazin , Zurich July 13, 2015, p. 8.
  3. ^ Website of the Swiss Vapeur Parcs .
  4. ^ Jean-Pierre Kapp: Culinary Museum opened on Lake Geneva - A chef as a gifted collector. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , June 6, 2016.