Bouchet lake

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Bouchet lake Lac du Bouchet

Location	Haute-Loire
Coordinates	44°54′33″N 3°47′25″E / 44.90917, 3.79028Coordinates: 44°54′33″N 3°47′25″E / 44.90917, 3.79028
Lake type	crater lake
Basin countries	France
Surface area	44 ha
Max. depth	28 m
Surface elevation	1208 m

Bouchet lake (or Lake of Bouchet; French: Lac du Bouchet) is located in Haute-Loire, France next to Le Puy-en-Velay. It is about 1.6 km (one mile) north of the village of Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas.

Bouchet is a crater lake formed from an old volcano, and thus roughly circular. It is a little more than half a mile from rim to rim and surrounded by woodlands. It is at an altitude of 1,208 m (3,963 feet).