Lake Geneva Lake Geneva Lake Geneva ( or ' /, rarely ' ; ) is a lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. 59.53% () of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland (cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais), and 40.47% () under France (department of Haute-Savoie). Lake Geneva has been explored by four submarines: the "Auguste Piccard" and the "F.-A. Forel", both built by Jacques Piccard, and the two "Mir" submersibles. The first recorded name of
French name of the name, being associated with claims to a place, but this is not always the case. The name de Gaulle, for example, is not a traditional French name with a "particule", but a Flemish Dutch name that evolved from a form of "De Walle" meaning "the wall". A popular misconception is that the "particule" "De-" included in the name always indicates membership of the nobility, that is to say, an original separated "de" that was linked to the name during the French revolution as "De-". That is sometimes true. Almost all nobility titles are of the form [title] <nowiki>[</nowiki>particle