Les Pléiades
Les Pléiades are a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking Lake Geneva in the Swiss canton of Vaud. They are located north of Blonay. A railway connects Vevey and Blonay to a secondary summit of Les Pléiades.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,362 metres
- Description: mountain of the Swiss Prealps
- Also known as: “Les Pleiades”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Les Pléiades railway station and Lally railway station.
Les Pléiades railway station
Railway station
Photo: Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les Pléiades railway station, is a railway station in the municipality of Blonay – Saint-Légier, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is the northern terminus of the 1,000 mm metre gauge Vevey–Les Pléiades line of Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera.
Les Chevalleyres railway station
Railway stop
Les Chevalleyres railway station, is a railway station in the municipality of Blonay – Saint-Légier, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Vevey–Les Pléiades line of Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blonay and Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz.
Blonay
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blonay is a former municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022, the former municipalities of Blonay and Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz merged into the new municipality of Blonay - Saint-Légier.
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz
Village
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY 2.0.
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz is a former municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Blonay and Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz merged into the new municipality of Blonay - Saint-Légier.
Les Pléiades
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Blonay-Saint-Légier, Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.48209° or 46° 28′ 56″ northLongitude
6.90924° or 6° 54′ 33″ eastElevation
1,362 metres (4,469 feet)Open location code
8FR8FWJ5+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 413080663OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Les Pléiades” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Les Pléiades”
- Dutch: “Les Pléiades”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ليس پلياديس”
- French: “Les Pleiades”
- French: “Les Pléiades”
- German: “Les Pléiades”
- German: “Les Pléïades”
- Ladin: “Les Pléiades”
- Portuguese: “Les Pléiades”
- Swedish: “Les Pléiades”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Décollage parapente Les Pléiades and Ondallaz-L’Alliaz railway station.
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