Simplon is the name of a region in the Alps, and can refer to:
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Simplon Pass
The Simplon Pass (french: Col du Simplon; german: Simplonpass; it, Passo del Sempione, Lombard: ''Pass del Sempiün'') () is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It connects Brig in the canton o ...
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Simplon Tunnel
The Simplon Tunnel (''Simplontunnel'', ''Traforo del Sempione'' or ''Galleria del Sempione'') is a railway tunnel on the Simplon railway that connects Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, through the Alps, providing a shortcut under the Simpl ...
, close to the pass
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Simplon (département)
Simplon () was a department of the First French Empire. It was named after the Simplon Pass (). It was formed in 1810, when the Rhodanic Republic was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded with that of the present-day Swiss canton of Valais ...
, a former French département corresponding with modern Valais, Switzerland
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Simplon, Valais
Simplon ( wae, Simpilu; it, Sempione; french: Simplon), earlier known as Simpeln, is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
History
The area was part of Italy since the Roman Empire, but it was colonized b ...
, a Swiss municipality
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Simplon (Paris Metro)
Simplon () is a station on Line 4 of the Paris Métro, located in the 18th arrondissement.
History
The station was opened on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte de Clignancourt. It takes its name from ...
, a stop on the Paris Metro
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Simplon, a farm and railway station in
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and e ...
(see
:de:Simplon (Namibia))
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