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CERN map[1]

CERN has two main sites, Meyrin and Prevessin. It is less known that CERN also has 90 hectare of woods and forest.[2]

  • 624 ha of land made available by the Host States (France 516 ha, Switzerland 108 ha)
  • 18 fenced sites covering a surface area of 226 ha (France 177 ha, Switzerland 49 ha)
  • Meyrin site: 78 ha, Prevessin site: 87 ha
  • 24.9 km of fencing

For more details, see https://apex-sso.cern.ch/pls/htmldb_gisdbr/f?p=112:8:17550593577253:.

References

  1. A tale of three regions, CERN Courier, 27 May 1999
  2. Let's wander in the forest, Corinne Pralavorio, CERN News, 27 November, 2018