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

canton of Geneva The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons of the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five Municipality, municipalities, and the seat of the governme ...

. On the right bank of the

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, it is the site of a perfume factory belonging to the Firmenich group.

Transport

* La Plaine is the terminus station of

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' '' Rhône Express Regional'' service which runs twice hourly to

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. 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