Gland

Gland is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The city also is home to the headquarters of the IUCN and WWF, and hosts the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, also known as the Ramsar Convention.

Places of Interest

Highlights include La Côte Airfield and Gland railway station.

La Côte Airfield

Aerodrome

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The La Côte Airfield is a private airfield in Prangins, Switzerland. It hosted a fly-in in 2009, 2011, 2013, on August 15, 2015 and in 2019.

Gland railway station

Railway station

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gland railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Gland, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Dully Castle

Castle

Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dully Castle is a castle in the municipality of Dully of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nyon and Prangins.

Nyon

Photo: ajvhan, CC BY 2.0.

Nyon is a small town on the western shore of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The Romans who founded the settlement in the 1st century BC called it Noviodunum. Today you can visit a few Roman ruins and a Roman museum.

Prangins

Village

Photo: Sidonius, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Prangins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located on Lake Geneva.

Gland

Type: Locality with 13,200 residents
Also known as: “CH5721”
Location: Nyon District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.4197° or 46° 25′ 11″ north

Longitude

6.2731° or 6° 16′ 23″ east

Population

13,200

Elevation

415 metres (1,362 feet)

Open location code

8FR8C79F+V6

GeoNames ID

7285925

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