Morges

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Morges is a Swiss town on the shores of Lake Geneva that historically hosted the founding of the World Wildlife Fund and serves as a local cultural and economic center in the canton of Vaud.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Morges canonical 17
La Morges 1
Morges, Switzerland 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
canton Vaud
coatOfArms Gules, a tower argent masoned sable on a base vert
country Switzerland
district Morges District
foundingEvent founding of the World Wildlife Fund
foundingEventOrganization World Wildlife Fund
foundingEventYear 1961
governingBody Municipal Council of Morges
hasEconomicSector light industry
services
tourism
hasEvent Tulip Festival in Morges
hasHeritageSite Château de Morges
Grand-Rue of Morges
Temple de Morges
hasMayorTitle Syndic
hasMuseum Artillery Museum
Military Museum of Vaud
Swiss Museum of Historical Figurines
hasPort Port of Morges
hasRailConnectionTo Geneva
Lausanne
Yverdon-les-Bains
hasRiver La Morges
linked to: Morges
hasTransport Lake Geneva passenger boat services
Morges railway station
hasTwinTown Chivasso
Locorotondo
Prijedor
Ringsheim
Vertou
isCulturalCenterOf canton of Vaud
linked to: Canton of Vaud
isEconomicCenterOf Morges District
isSeatOf Morges District
locatedIn Romandy
Western Switzerland
locatedInWineRegion La Côte wine region
locatedNear Lausanne
locatedOn Lake Geneva
locatedOnRailwayLine Lausanne–Geneva railway line
locatedOnShoreOf Lake Geneva
officialLanguage French
postalCode 1110
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kishiwada hasSisterCity Morges
Morges River mouthNear Morges
Morges River namedAfter Morges
WWF foundedIn Morges, Switzerland
linked to: Morges
Vaud hasCity Morges
La Sarraz locatedNear Morges
subject linked to: La Sarraz, Switzerland
Tolochenaz neighboringMunicipality Morges
subject linked to: Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland
Patrick Moraz birthPlace Morges, Vaud, Switzerland
linked to: Morges
Morges hasRiver La Morges
linked to: Morges
Lake Geneva region hasPart Morges
Saint-Prex locatedNear town of Morges
linked to: Morges
August Forel placeOfBirth Morges
La Côte hasTown Morges
Vertou twinnedWith Morges