Lake Geneva (French: lac Léman [lak lemɑ̃] or le Léman[3] [lə lemɑ̃], rarely lac de Genève [lak də ʒ(ə)nɛv]; German: Genfersee [ˈɡɛnfərˌzeː]) is a deep 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% (345.31 km2 or 133.32 sq mi) of the lake comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland (cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais), and 40.47% (234.71 km2 or 90.62 sq mi) under France (department of Haute-Savoie).