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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Article
16 sectionsContents
- 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
- References
- External links
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.