Leysin

Leysin, in the commune of Vaud is a laid back, non-posh, non-pretentious mountain village in the Vaud Alps, above . It also happens to be the site of a ski resort with awesome off piste possibilities.
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  • Type: Village with 4,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Switzerland
  • Also known as: Leysin VD
  • Postal code: 1854

Places of Interest

Highlights include Berneuse and La Riondaz.

Peak
The is a mountain of the western , above Leysin in the canton of . It lies on the range east of the Rhone valley, culminating at the .

Peak
is a peak.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corbeyrier and Veyges.

Village
is a municipality in in the canton of , located in the district of Aigle. It became a municipality in 1718. is situated 4½ km west of Leysin.

Hamlet
is a hamlet.

Leysin

Latitude
46.3439° or 46° 20′ 38″ north
Longitude
7.0148° or 7° 0′ 53″ east
Population
4,000
Elevation
1,262 metres (4,140 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH LYN
Open location code
8FR982V7+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 287686990
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2659900
Wiki­data ID
Q69610
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In Other Languages

From Arpitan to Welsh—“Leysin” goes by many names.
  • Arpitan: Lêsin
  • Arpitan: Lêsins
  • Basque: Leysin
  • Belarusian: Лезэн
  • Breton: Leysin
  • Catalan: Leysin
  • Cebuano: Leysin
  • Chinese: 莱森
  • Czech: Leysin
  • Dutch: Leysin
  • Esperanto: Leysin
  • Estonian: Leysini vald
  • Finnish: Leysin
  • French: Leysin
  • German: Feydey
  • German: Leissins
  • German: Leysin
  • German: Veyges
  • Hebrew: לזאן
  • Hungarian: Leysin
  • Irish: Leysin
  • Italian: Leysin
  • Japanese: レザン
  • Latvian: Lezēna
  • Lithuanian: Leisenas
  • Lombard: Leysin
  • Macedonian: Лезен
  • Malay: Leysin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Leysin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Leysin
  • Norwegian: Leysin
  • Occitan (post 1500): Leysin
  • Persian: لزن
  • Persian: لزین
  • Polish: Leysin
  • Portuguese: Leysin
  • Romanian: Leysin
  • Romansh: Leysin
  • Russian: Лезен
  • Spanish: Leissins
  • Spanish: Leysin
  • Swedish: Leysin
  • Swiss German: Leysin
  • Tosk Albanian: Leysin
  • Turkish: Leysin
  • Ukrainian: Лезен
  • Upper Sorbian: Leysin
  • Venetian: Leysin
  • Volapük: Leysin
  • Waray (Philippines): Leysin
  • Welsh: Leysin

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Leysin”. Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0.