Ormont-Dessus
Ormont-Dessus is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 1,430 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
- Also known as: “CH5411” and “Ormont-Dessus VD”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Col du Pillon and Scex Rouge.
Col du Pillon
Mountain saddle
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Col du Pillon is a mountain pass in the western Swiss Alps, linking Aigle, Le Sépey and Les Diablerets in the canton of Vaud with Gstaad in the canton of Berne.
Scex Rouge
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Scex Rouge is a mountain of the Alps, overlooking Les Diablerets in the canton of Vaud. Along with the Oldenhorn to the east, it is one of the main peaks of the Diablerets, a huge ice-covered mountain near the western end of the Bernese Alps, straddling the border between the cantons of Vaud, Valais, and Bern, and exceeding 3,000 metres above sea level. Scex Rouge is situated 4 km southeast of Ormont-Dessus.
Cape au Moine
Peak
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The Cape au Moine is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located between L'Etivaz and Les Diablerets in the canton of Vaud. It lies east of La Para. It should not be confused with a nearby peak of the same name on the border of the cantons of Vaud and Fribourg… Cape au Moine is situated 4 km north of Ormont-Dessus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Diablerets and Taveyanne, Group of Alpine Huts.
Les Diablerets
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Les Diablerets is a ski resort in Vaud in Switzerland. It has high-altitude skiing on the glacier and some challenging runs. It's connected by ski-lifts to nearby Villars-sur-Ollon, which is at lower altitude and better suited to young children and beginners.
Taveyanne, Group of Alpine Huts
Hamlet
Taveyanne, Group of Alpine Huts is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km southwest of Ormont-Dessus.
Ormont-Dessus
- Category: municipality of Switzerland
- Location: Aigle District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arpitan to Welsh—“Ormont-Dessus” goes by many names.
- Arpitan: “Ormont-d’Amont”
- Arpitan: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Basque: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Breton: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Catalan: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Cebuano: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Chinese: “上奥尔蒙”
- Chinese: “上奧爾蒙”
- Czech: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Dutch: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Esperanto: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Finnish: “Ormont-Dessus”
- French: “Les Bovets”
- French: “Ormont-Dessus”
- French: “Vers-l’Église”
- German: “Les Diablerets VD”
- German: “Ormont-Dessus VD”
- German: “Ormont-Dessus”
- German: “Vers-l’Église VD”
- Hungarian: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Irish: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Italian: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Italian: “Vers-l’Église”
- Japanese: “オルモン＝デシュ”
- Lombard: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Malay: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ormont-Dessus”
- Piemontese: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Polish: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Portuguese: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Romanian: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Romansh: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Spanish: “Ormont Dessus”
- Spanish: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Swedish: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Swiss German: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Tosk Albanian: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Turkish: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Ukrainian: “Ормон-Десю”
- Upper Sorbian: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Venetian: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Volapük: “Ormont-Dessus”
- Waray (Philippines): “Ormont-Dessus”
- Welsh: “Ormont-Dessus”
- “Ormont-Dessus”
- “Ormont-Dessus VD”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ormont-Dessus”. Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 4.0.