Bex

Also known as Bex VD

Bex (; ; ) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. It is a few kilometers south of its sister town municipality of Aigle.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Bex
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Bex - Dents du Midi.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Bex and the Dents du Midi across the Rhone valley
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Bex Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Bex COA.svg
Swiss town.canton: Vaud
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VD
Swiss town.district: Aigle
Swiss town.postal_code: 1880
Swiss town.municipality_code: 5402
Swiss town.area: 96.56
Swiss town.elevation: 424
Swiss town.population: 5751
Swiss town.populationof: 2003
Swiss town.website: www.bex.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Pierre Rochat
Swiss town.mayor_title: Syndic

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Bex
Demonym: Bellerin
Population: 8841
Area: 96.57
Elevation: 1075
Official website: www.bex.ch
Image: Bex - Dents du Midi.jpg
Dialing code: 024
Licence plate code: VD

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Commons category: Bex
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5402
postal code: 1880

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History
Salt mine
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Heritage sites of national significance
Politics
Economy
Religion
Weather
Education
Transportation and railroads
Personalities
Twin towns – sister cities
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Bex (; ; ) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. It is a few kilometers south of its sister town municipality of Aigle.

==History== Bex is first mentioned in 574 as in Baccis.