Geneva, City of Refuge

From Museum of Protestants:

The first wave took place between 1540 and 1590 and mainly concerned Geneva.

During the second wave, before and after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, refugees came mostly from the Dauphin, Cévennes and Languedoc regions; the major route of exodus was the passage from Lake Geneva to the Rhine River. The roads to Geneva and the Valais region led to Lausanne, which was densely populated and became one of the centres of attraction for the Refuge.