Aigle

Aigle is a historic town and a municipality and the capital of the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The official language of Aigle is Swiss French.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aigle railway station and Aigle-Dépôt station.

Aigle railway station

Railway station

Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Aigle railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Aigle, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways and the terminus of three 1,000 mm gauge lines operated by Transports Publics du Chablais: the Aigle–Leysin, Aigle–Ollon–Monthey–Champéry, and Aigle–Sépey–Diablerets lines.

Aigle-Dépôt station

Railway station

Photo: Roehrensee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Aigle-Dépôt station is a railway station.

World Cycling Center

Sports venue

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The World Cycling Centre is a coaching and training centre in Aigle, Switzerland. It contains a 200 m indoor velodrome, a BMX racing track and other non-cycling facilities.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leysin and Villars-sur-Ollon.

Leysin

Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0.

Leysin, Switzerland in the commune of Vaud is a laid back, non-posh, non-pretentious mountain village in the Vaud Alps, above Montreux. It also happens to be the site of a ski resort with awesome off piste possibilities.

Villars-sur-Ollon

Photo: בידל הפייטן, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Villars sur Ollon is a village in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud. It is part of the municipality of Ollon. Villars is a ski resort close to Montreux and Saint-Maurice, which offers a reasonable range of pistes at a moderate altitude.

Aigle

Type: Locality with 10,200 residents
Also known as: “CH5401”
Location: Aigle District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.315° or 46° 18′ 54″ north

Longitude

6.9725° or 6° 58′ 21″ east

Population

10,200

Elevation

418 metres (1,371 feet)

Open location code

8FR88X8C+2X

GeoNames ID

7285042

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