Ollon
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Ollon is a municipality in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, sited in the foothills of the mountains to the south-east of the Lake of Geneva. The old German language name Olun is no longer used.
Key facts
- Swiss town.places
- Antagnes, Arveyes, Auliens, Bretaye, Chesières, Crettaz, Exergillod, Forchex, Glutières, Huémoz, Les Combes, Les Ecovets, Les Fontaines, Pallueyres, Panex, Plambuit, Plan d'Essert, Salaz, St-Triphon, Verschiez, Villars-sur-Ollon, Villy
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Aigle, Bex, Collombey-Muraz (VS), Gryon, Monthey (VS), Ormont-Dessous, Ormont-Dessus
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Ollon
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Ollon - Dents du Midi.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Ollon village with vineyards in the foreground and the Dents du Midi in background
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Ollon VD Flag.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Ollon VD COA.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Vaud
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VD
- Swiss town.district
- Aigle
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1867
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5409
- Swiss town.area
- 59.54
- Swiss town.elevation
- 479
- Swiss town.population
- 6307
- Swiss town.populationof
- 2000
- Swiss town.website
- ollon.ch
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ollon
- Population
- 8221
- Area
- 59.55
- Elevation
- 1336
- Official website
- www.ollon.ch
- Image
- Ollon - Dents du Midi.jpg
- Dialing code
- 024
- Licence plate code
- VD
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- Commons category
- Ollon
- inception
- 1018-00-00
- postal code
- 1885
- P8168
- Ciawigebang
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5409
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Ollon is a municipality in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, sited in the foothills of the mountains to the south-east of the Lake of Geneva. The old German language name Olun is no longer used.
==History== Ollon is first mentioned in 1018 as Aulonum though there is some debate about whether this refers to another settlement. In 1025-1032 it was mentioned as Olonum.
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