La Plaine is a village in Switzerland forming part of the commune of

Dardagny Dardagny () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. In 1978, Dardagny received the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage. History Dardagny was first mentioned in 1309 as ''Dardaniacum''. ...

in the

canton of Geneva The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva (french: link=no, République et canton de Genève; frp, Rèpublica et canton de Geneva; german: Republik und Kanton Genf; it, Repubblica e Cantone di Ginevra; rm, Republica e ...

. On the right bank of the

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

, it is the site of a perfume factory belonging to the

Firmenich Firmenich SA is a private Swiss company in the fragrance and flavor business. It is the largest privately owned company in the field and ranks number two worldwide. Firmenich has created perfumes for over 125 years and produced a number of well-k ...

group.

Transport

* La Plaine is the terminus station of Swiss Federal Railways' '' Rhône Express Regional'' service which runs twice hourly to

Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...

. It is part of the Geneva public transport Unireso fare network. * La Plaine is also served by the X and T bus lines

Gallery

Image:Firmenich-LaPlaine-20081018.jpg, Firmenich plant Image:LaPlaine-Fontaine4-20081018.jpg, Fountain with ''Manon'' by Otto Bindschedler File:La_Plaine_GE_station.jpg, La Plaine railway station, looking SW File: La-Plaine-1.jpg, La Plaine, aerial view

External links

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website of ''Transports Publics Genevois''. {{Coord, 46, 10, 40, N, 6, 00, 04, E, region:CH_type:city_source:kolossus-frwiki, display=title Geography of the canton of Geneva