Riex
Riex is a former municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 269 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in Bourg-en-Lavaux in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Riex VD”
- Postal code: 1097
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cully railway station and Fountain of the justice.
Cully railway station
Railway station
Photo: Abaddon1337, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cully railway station is a railway station in the locality of Cully, within the municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Grandvaux railway station
Railway station
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grandvaux railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cully and Lavaux.
Cully
Village
Cully is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the capital of the district of Lavaux until 2006 when it became part of the district of Lavaux-Oron.
Lavaux
Lavaux is internationally famous as a terraced wine-growing region on the shores of Lake Geneva in western Switzerland. It covers the territory roughly from Lausanne to Montreux, extending to an altitude of roughly 500 meters above lake level and including 6 lake shore villages and the city of Vevey.
Epesses
Village
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Epesses is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron on Lake Geneva. It is noted for its wine production.
Riex
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Bourg-en-Lavaux, Lavaux-Oron District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.49352° or 46° 29′ 37″ northLongitude
6.73581° or 6° 44′ 9″ eastPopulation
269Elevation
445 metres (1,460 feet)Open location code
8FR8FPVP+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 240110051OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6691874Wikidata ID
Q520036
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Riex” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Riex”
- Cebuano: “Riex”
- Dutch: “Riex”
- Esperanto: “Riex VD”
- Esperanto: “Riex”
- French: “Riex VD”
- French: “Riex”
- German: “Riex VD”
- German: “Riex”
- Hungarian: “Riex”
- Irish: “Riex”
- Italian: “Riex VD”
- Italian: “Riex”
- Korean: “리에”
- Lombard: “Riex”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Riex”
- Romansh: “Riex”
- Spanish: “Riex”
- Swedish: “Riex”
- Turkish: “Riex”
- Upper Sorbian: “Riex”
- Volapük: “Riex”
- Waray (Philippines): “Riex”
- Western Panjabi: “ریح”
- “Riex”
- “Riex VD”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as L’Equex and Chenaux.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 9km Lausanne - St-Maurice 45km and Cercle de la Voile de Moratel-Cully.
Vaud: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Lausanne, Montreux, Nyon, and Vevey.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Riex”. Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.