Glion

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Glion

Elevation700 m

Coordinates46.43°, 6.93°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Glion is a village in the municipality of Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The village is located 700 meters above sea level, overlooking Lake Geneva. The position of this village in Montreux and the Chauderon Gorge made it a tourist destination in the 19th century.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Samuel Gétaz

Swiss entrepreneur (1866-1947)

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Steven Paul Robert

Swiss painter (1896-1985)

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Stéphane Zaech

Swiss painter, born 1966

Yann Gross

Swiss photographer

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Zabu Wahlen

Swiss writer and weaver

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Émile-Louis Roussy

Émile Burnat

Swiss botanist (1828-1920)

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Émile Gaudard

Swiss politician (1856-1941)

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Émile Romang

Swiss entrepreneur (1863-1947)

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Éric Gaudibert

Swiss composer (1936-2012)

Cyrille Cottin

French racing driver (1870–1944)

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Derek Stockalper

American basketball player

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Diego Ficarra

Italian association football player

Ambrose

bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, bishop of Vevey (1947–2009)

Arnold Reymond

Swiss theologian, philosopher (logician) and historian of science (1874-1958)

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Bernard Moret

computer scientist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Vaud

• Caux
  0.5 mi away
• Territet
  0.6 mi away
• Montreux
  0.7 mi away · pop. 26,208
• Veytaux
  0.8 mi away · pop. 843
• Chernex
  1.2 mi away
• Les Avants
  1.6 mi away
• Clarens
  1.7 mi away
• Brent
  2.1 mi away
• Chailly
  2.2 mi away
• Villeneuve
  2.5 mi away
• Blonay
  2.6 mi away · pop. 4,695
• Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz
  3.6 mi away · pop. 4,068

Browse all places in Vaud →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-09-18

Scarce Straw Pearl

Paracorsia repandalis

Seen 2026-09-15

Echium leaf miner

Dialectica scalariella

Seen 2026-09-15

beet moth

Scrobipalpa ocellatella

Seen 2026-09-15

Willow Beauty

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Seen 2026-09-15

Small Fan-footed Wave

Idaea biselata

Seen 2026-09-15

Straw-barred Pearl

Pyrausta despicata

Seen 2026-09-15

Rosy Footman

Miltochrista miniata

Seen 2026-09-15

Beet Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera exigua

Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).