Génissiat Dam
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Summary
Génissiat Dam is a dam[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of dam entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (510 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Injoux-Génissiat[3], Franclens[4]
- Country: France[5]
- Instance of: hydroelectric power station[6], gravity dam[7]
- Architect: Albert Laprade[8], Léon Bazin[9]
- Owned by: Compagnie Nationale du Rhône[10]
- Operator: Compagnie Nationale du Rhône[11]
- Named after: Génissiat[12]
- Has use: hydroelectricity[13]
- Commons category: Barrage de Génissiat[14]
- Inception: 1937[15]
- Located in/on physical feature: Rhône[16]
- Service entry: January 1948[17]
- Significant event: opening ceremony[18]
- Heritage designation: Remarkable Contemporary Architecture[19]
- Nickname: Niagara français[20]
- Length: 165 m[21]
- Height: 104 m[22]
- Width: 100 m[23], 9 m[24]
- Nominal power output: 401 MW[25]
- Volume as quantity: 56,000,000 cubic metre[26]
- Annual energy output: 1.46 terawatt-hour[27]
- Drainage basin: Rhône basin[28]
- Reservoir created: Q109772994[29]
Why It Matters
Génissiat Dam has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]