Morge (Lake Geneva)
Geography
With a length of 7.88 km (4.90 mi), the Morge has its source on the northern side of the Dent du Vélan, in the French municipality of Bernex and then flows north through the Morge valley, passes near Novel and then flows into Lake Geneva at Saint-Gingolph.
The Morge stream was recognized as the boundary between Savoyard or Lower Valais and episcopal or Upper Valais since 1384, and the Treaty of Thonon of March 4, 1569 sets the border between Savoy and Valais in La Morge.
Name
The "Morge" is a hydronym derived from a Celtic root *morg, itself a metathesis of *mrog, from the Indo-European root *mer[e]g-, designating a "border, demarcation, limit". In Latin, it will give the form margo, margins, also designating a "edge, border, border boundary, bank". The river shares this origin with the Morge de Conthey and the Morges Vaudoise; it is sometimes called "Morge de Saint-Gingolph" to avoid confusion with that of Conthey.
The river seems to be mentioned in the form Morgia in the 12th and 13th centuries.
References
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