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Encyclopedia > Yvoire

Yvoire is a village on the south shore of the Lake Geneva in the French département of Haute-Savoie. It is well known for its medieval buildings and beautiful flower decoration during the summer season. Being located at the tip of the Leman peninsula (presqu'île de Léman), Yvoire delimits the two main parts of the Lake Geneva, the "petit lac" and the "grand lac".


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1er juillet 2006 - Yvoire (74) - Stand au festival L'Effet Papillon | Greenpeace France (81 words)
1er juillet 2006 - Yvoire (74) - Stand au festival L'Effet Papillon
1er juillet 2006 - Yvoire (74) - Stand au festival L'Effet Papillon
Yvoire, France — Les bénévoles de l'antenne de Chambéry ont été présents samedi au festival L'Effet Papillon consacré à l'écologie et à la solidarité, qui s'est déroulé les 1er et 2 juillet 2006 dans le village médiéval d'Yvoire (74) organisé par l'association La Belle Ethique.
Yvoire (Municipality, Haute-Savoie, France) (373 words)
Yvoire is a small village located on the southern shore of the Lake Léman. The pointe d'Yvoire is the limit of the petit lac, the western part of the lake, mostly Swiss territory and often considered by the Genevans as "their" lake (lac de Genève), and the grand lac, which is larger and deeper.
Fortunately, Yvoire never became an important fortress and was spared the destructions of the wars involving France, Savoy and the Swiss states.
The village of Yvoire has not changed a lot since it was described by Ramuz, but is now extremely crowdy in summertime, being the hot spot of tourism on the southern shore of the lake Leman.
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