Le Bouveret

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Le Bouveret

Total population

2,400

Elevation387 m

Coordinates46.38°, 6.85°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Le Bouveret is a village in the commune of Port-Valais in the Swiss canton of Valais. Situated at the southernmost end of Lake Geneva and close to the French border, Le Bouveret is very much tourism-oriented with several amusement attractions, including the Swiss Vapeur Parc and the waterpark Aquaparc. Le Bouveret is also the seat of Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland, the #1 Culinary and Pastry Arts School in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Jean-Pascal Delamuraz

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1936-1998)

Natacha Gachnang

Swiss racing driver

Aurélien Clerc

road bicycle racer

Anne-Marie Blanc

Swiss actress (1919–2008)

Francis Reusser

Swiss film director (1942–2020)

Claude Nicollier

Swiss astronaut

Marc Amsler

Swiss ophthalmologists (1891-1968)

Jean-François Amiguet

Swiss film director and screenwriter

E

Eugène Jost

Swiss architect (1865-1946)

Françoise-Louise de Warens

Swiss baroness (1699-1762)

Aline Valangin

Swiss writer (1889-1986)

F

Félix Bonjour

Swiss journalist and politician (1858-1942)

August Socin

Swiss surgeon and professor (1837-1899)

Jacques Moreillon

Swiss scouting leader

Ernest Ansermet

Swiss conductor (1883–1969)

François-Louis Cailler

Swiss chocolatier (1796-1852)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Valais

• Les Évouettes
  1.7 mi away · pop. 450
• Miex
  3.1 mi away
• Vouvry
  3.6 mi away · pop. 3,968
• Torgon
  4.5 mi away
• Illarsaz
  6 mi away · pop. 735
• Collombey-le-Grand
  8.4 mi away · pop. 458
• Les Neyres
  9.8 mi away · pop. 400
• Morgins
  10 mi away
• Choëx
  10.9 mi away
• Champoussin
  12.1 mi away
• Mex VS
  15.3 mi away · pop. 143
• La Rasse
  15.8 mi away

Browse all places in Valais →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Le Bouveret

Search results from Open Library.