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Lac de Salanfe

reservoir

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ680375 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lac de Salanfe is a lake in the municipality of Evionnaz, Valais, Switzerland. The reservoir is located at an elevation of 1925 m. Its surface area is 1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi).

It can be reached by 6.5 km-long footpath from Vernayaz.

The dam Salanfe was completed in 1952.

Different major walking trails cross in Salanfe. The two biggest are 'Le tour des Dents du Midi' and the Via Alpina. Many hikers stay the night at the refuge situated next to the lake.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Lac de Salanfe” as reservoir. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Salanfe and reservoir.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1925, 1952—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Salanfe and reservoir providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Lac de Salanfe”, the useful work is to connect “reservoir” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q680375. Authority coordinates are 46.141, 6.959. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1925 and 1952.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lac de Salanfe” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.