Place des Motalles

Place des Motalles is a locality in Blonay-Saint-Légier, Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut District, Vaud. Place des Motalles is situated nearby to the hamlet Lally, as well as near the locality Sur le Sex.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Les Pléiades and Les Pléiades railway station.

Les Pléiades

Peak

Photo: Noebu, CC BY 3.0.

Les Pléiades are a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking Lake Geneva in the Swiss canton of Vaud. They are located north of Blonay. A railway connects Vevey and Blonay to a secondary summit of Les Pléiades.

Les Pléiades railway station

Railway station

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Les Pléiades railway station, is a railway station in the municipality of Blonay – Saint-Légier, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is the northern terminus of the 1,000 mm metre gauge Vevey–Les Pléiades line of Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera.

Lally railway station

Railway stop

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Lally railway station is a railway stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blonay and Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz.

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. Blonay is situated 3 km southwest of Place des Motalles.

Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz

Village

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Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz 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. Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz is situated 3½ km southwest of Place des Motalles.