Brent

Brent is a village in Montreux, Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut District, Vaud. Brent is situated nearby to the hamlet Fontanivent, as well as near Chaulin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blonay railway station and Châtelard Castle, Vaud.

Blonay railway station

Railway station

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Blonay railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Blonay, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located at the junction of the 1,000 mm metre gauge Vevey–Les Pléiades and Blonay–Chamby railway lines.

Châtelard Castle, Vaud

Castle

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

Fontanivent railway station

Railway stop

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Fontanivent railway station, is a railway station in the municipality of Montreux, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line of Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway and former station on the Clarens–Chailly–Blonay line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blonay and Saleuscex.

Blonay

Village

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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.

Saleuscex

Locality

Photo: Alexey M., CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saleuscex is a locality.

Clarens

Village

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Clarens-Montreux or Clarens is a neighbourhood in the municipality of Montreux, in the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. This neighbourhood is the biggest and most populated of the city of Montreux.

Brent

Type: Village
Postal code: 1817
Category: locality
Location: Montreux, Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.45798° or 46° 27′ 29″ north

Longitude

6.90168° or 6° 54′ 6″ east

Elevation

566 metres (1,857 feet)

Open location code

8FR8FW52+5M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 974661656

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

7669470

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