Category:Germain Sommeiller

**Germain Sommeiller**
	Sardinian engineer (1815-1871)
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Name in native language	Germain Sommeiller;
Date of birth	15 February 1815; Saint-Jeoire
Date of death	11 July 1871; Saint-Jeoire
Country of citizenship	Duchy of Savoy; Kingdom of Italy (1861–1871); Kingdom of Sardinia;
Educated at	University of Turin;
Occupation	engineer; politician; civil engineer;
Member of	Academy of Sciences of Turin (1871–);
Position held	député de la Savoie au Parlement sarde (1853–1857); member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1865–1867);
Award received	Knight of the Legion of Honour; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus;
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Germain Sommeiller (born in Saint-Jeoire-en-Faucigny, Savoy, 15 Febrary 1815 - dead in the same place, 11 July 1871) was a civil engineer from the Kingdom of Sardinia, later Italy, who built the Fréjus rail tunnel between France and Italy, also known as the Mont Cenis Tunnel.