Chillon Castle
Chillon Castle is a medieval island castle located on Lake Geneva, south of Veytaux in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is situated at the eastern end of the lake, on the narrow shore between Montreux and Villeneuve, which gives access to the Alpine valley of the Rhône.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bus stop
- Description: moated castle in Veytaux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Castle of Chillon” and “Chateau de Chillon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Veytaux-Chillon railway station and Villeneuve VD railway station.
Veytaux-Chillon railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Veytaux-Chillon railway station is located in the municipality of Veytaux, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways. The station is adjacent to the Chillon Castle. Veytaux-Chillon railway station is situated 380 metres north of Chillon Castle.
Villeneuve VD railway station
Railway station
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villeneuve VD railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Villeneuve, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways. Villeneuve VD railway station is situated 2 km south of Chillon Castle.
Île de Peilz
Islet
Photo: Alexey M., CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Île de Peilz is a minute island at the eastern end of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, close to Villeneuve, Vaud. Measuring a few dozen square metres and featuring a monumental London plane tree, it is the smallest and the only natural island in the lake. Île de Peilz is situated 2 km southwest of Chillon Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Territet and Villeneuve.
Territet
Village
Photo: Traumrune, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Territet is a locality which is part of the Montreux commune, in the Vaud canton, Switzerland.
Villeneuve
Village
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villeneuve is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. As of December 2018, it had a population of 5771.
Glion
Village
Photo: Traumrune, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glion is a village in the municipality of Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The village is located 700 meters above sea level, overlooking Lake Geneva.
Chillon Castle
- Categories: water castle, château, museum building, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Veytaux, Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.41428° or 46° 24′ 51″ northLongitude
6.92862° or 6° 55′ 43″ eastElevation
381 metres (1,250 feet)Network
MobilisOpen location code
8FR8CW7H+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 8690927128OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_position
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Chillon Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة شيلون”
- Armenian: “Շիլիոն”
- Arpitan: “Châtél de Chelyon”
- Basque: “Chillongo gaztelua”
- Belarusian: “Замак Шыён”
- Breton: “Kastell Chillon”
- Bulgarian: “Замъкът Шийон”
- Bulgarian: “Шато де Шийон”
- Bulgarian: “Шато дьо Шийон”
- Bulgarian: “Шильонски замък”
- Catalan: “Castell de Chillon”
- Chinese: “Chillon”
- Chinese: “希永城堡”
- Chinese: “西庸城堡”
- Chinese: “西庸堡”
- Czech: “Château de Chillon”
- Czech: “Chillon”
- Czech: “hrad Chillon”
- Danish: “Château de Chillon”
- Dutch: “Chillon”
- Dutch: “Kasteel chillon”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Chillon”
- Finnish: “Chillonin linna”
- French: “Chateau de Chillon”
- French: “château de Chillon”
- French: “Château de Chillon”
- French: “Chillon”
- Galician: “Castelo Chillon”
- Galician: “Castelo de Chillon”
- German: “Château de Chillon”
- German: “Chillon”
- German: “Schloss Chillon”
- Greek: “Κάστρο του Σιγιόν”
- Hebrew: “טירת שיון”
- Hungarian: “Chillon vára”
- Interlingue: “Castelle de Chillon”
- Italian: “castello di Chillon”
- Italian: “Castello di Chillon”
- Japanese: “シオン城”
- Japanese: “シヨン城”
- Korean: “시옹성”
- Latin: “Castrum Quilonis”
- Lithuanian: “Šiljono pilis”
- Macedonian: “Шијон”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chillon slott”
- Norwegian: “Chillon slott”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Castèl de Chillion”
- Persian: “دژ شیلون”
- Polish: “Château de Chillon”
- Polish: “Zamek Chillon”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Chillon”
- Portuguese: “Château de Chillon”
- Portuguese: “Chillon”
- Romanian: “Castelul Chillon”
- Romansh: “Chastè da Chillon”
- Russian: “Замок Шильон”
- Russian: “Шильон”
- Russian: “Шильонский замок”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Chillon”
- Swedish: “Chateau de Chillon”
- Swedish: “Château de Chillon”
- Swedish: “Chillon”
- Swiss German: “Schloss Chillon”
- Thai: “ปราสาทชียง”
- Tosk Albanian: “Schloss Chillon”
- Turkish: “Chillon Şatosu”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Шильон”
- Ukrainian: “Шийонський замок”
- Ukrainian: “Шильйонський замок”
- Uzbek: “Chillon qaʻlasi”
- Vietnamese: “Château de Chillon”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Chillon”
- Welsh: “Castell Chillon”
- Western Frisian: “Kastiel fan Chillon”
- Western Panjabi: “شلون قلعہ”
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