Leysin
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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.
Berneuse
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Berneuse is a mountain of the western Bernese Alps, above Leysin in the canton of Vaud. It lies on the range east of the Rhone valley, culminating at the Tour d'Aï.
Exergillod station
Railway station
Photo: Alain GAVILLET, CC BY 2.0.
Exergillod station is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corbeyrier and Veyges.
Corbeyrier
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Corbeyrier is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Aigle. It became a municipality in 1718. Corbeyrier is situated 4½ km west of Leysin.
Leysin
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Aigle District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.3439° or 46° 20′ 38″ northLongitude
7.0148° or 7° 0′ 53″ eastPopulation
4,000Elevation
1,262 metres (4,140 feet)United Nations Location Code
CH LYNOpen location code
8FR982V7+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 287686990OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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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.