Western Switzerland
Vaud
Aigle District

Gryon

Gryon is a municipality of the canton of in , located in the district of Aigle. The entire village of Gryon and the Taveyanne area are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
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  • Type: Village with 1,270 residents
  • Description: village and municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH5405” and “Gryon VD”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Villars-sur-Ollon railway station and Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil.

Railway station
Photo: Wouterhagens, CC BY-SA 3.0.

College
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, known informally as Beau Soleil, is a private boarding school in Switzerland. Founded in 1910 by Madame Bluette Ferrier, it is located 1,350 metres above sea level on the of .

Railway station
Photo: Whgler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villars-sur-Ollon and Bex.

Photo: בידל הפייטן, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in in the canton of . It is part of the municipality of Ollon. Villars is a ski resort close to and , which offers a reasonable range of pistes at a moderate altitude.

Village
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipality in the canton of , , located in the district of Aigle. It is a few kilometers south of its sister town municipality of Aigle. is situated 4½ km southwest of Gryon.

Village
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the district of Aigle in the canton of in , sited in the foothills of the mountains to the south-east of the Lake of Geneva. The old German language name Olun is no longer used. is situated 6 km northwest of Gryon.

Gryon

Latitude
46.2747° or 46° 16′ 29″ north
Longitude
7.0637° or 7° 3′ 49″ east
Population
1,270
Elevation
1,572 metres (5,157 feet)
Open location code
8FR973F7+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3003369351
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285997
Wiki­data ID
Q69522
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In Other Languages

From Arpitan to Welsh—“Gryon” goes by many names.
  • Arpitan: “Grion”
  • Basque: “Gryon”
  • Breton: “Gryon”
  • Catalan: “Gryon”
  • Cebuano: “Gryon (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Gryon”
  • Chinese: “格里永”
  • Chinese: “格里翁”
  • Czech: “Gryon”
  • Dutch: “Gryon”
  • Esperanto: “Gryon VD”
  • Esperanto: “Gryon”
  • Finnish: “Gryon”
  • French: “Gryon VD”
  • French: “Gryon”
  • German: “Gryon VD”
  • German: “Gryon”
  • Hebrew: “גריון”
  • Hungarian: “Gryon”
  • Irish: “Gryon”
  • Italian: “Gryon VD”
  • Italian: “Gryon”
  • Japanese: “グリオン”
  • Lombard: “Gryon”
  • Malay: “Gryon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gryon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gryon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gryon”
  • Polish: “Gryon”
  • Portuguese: “Gryon”
  • Romanian: “Gryon”
  • Romansh: “Gryon”
  • Spanish: “Gryon”
  • Swedish: “Gryon, Vaud”
  • Swedish: “Gryon”
  • Swiss German: “Gryon”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Gryon”
  • Turkish: “Gryon”
  • Ukrainian: “Гріон”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Gryon”
  • Venetian: “Gryon”
  • Volapük: “Gryon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gryon”
  • Welsh: “Gryon”
  • “Gryon”
  • “Gryon VD”

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