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Also known as Aigle VD, Aelen

Aigle (French for "eagle", ; ) is a historic town and a municipality and the capital of the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Aigle
Swiss town.image_photo
Aigle.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
town
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Aigle COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Aigle Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Vaud
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VD
Swiss town.district
Aigle
Swiss town.postal_code
1860
Swiss town.municipality_code
5401
Swiss town.area
16.41
Swiss town.elevation
405
Swiss town.elevation_description
la gare
Swiss town.population
7712
Swiss town.populationof
December 2003
Swiss town.popofyear
2003
Swiss town.website
aigle.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Grégory Devaud

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Official name
Aigle
Located in
Aigle District
Official language
French
Population
11752
Area
16.41
Elevation
415
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Grande Eau
Shares border with
Vionnaz
Official website
www.aigle.ch
Image
Aigle.jpg
Dialing code
024
Licence plate code
VD
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twinned administrative body
Bassersdorf
category for people born here
Category:Births in Aigle, Switzerland
Commons category
Aigle
topic's main category
Category:Aigle
category of associated people
Category:People from Aigle
postal code
1860
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5401
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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • The Chablais and the Chablais Alps
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Notable people
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Transportation and the Transports Publics du Chablais
  • Climate
  • References
  • External links

Aigle (French for "eagle", ; ) is a historic town and a municipality and the capital of the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

The official language of Aigle is Swiss French.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aigle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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