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Gland
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municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
Key facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Canton
- Vaud
- District
- Nyon
- Mayor
- Syndic , Gérald Cretegny
- Total
- 8.30 km (3.20 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 432 m (1,417 ft)
- Density
- 1,300/km (3,360/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- CH-VD
- Surrounded by
- Begnins , Dully , Luins , Nernier (FR-74), Prangins , Vich , Yvoire (FR-74)
- Website
- http://www.gland.ch/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Gland
- Demonym
- Glandois
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Nyon District
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 13106
- Area
- 8.32
- Elevation
- 416
- Body of water
- Lake Geneva
- Official website
- gland.ch
- Image
- Gland - Administration communale.jpg
- Dialing code
- 022
- Licence plate code
- VD
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- Commons category
- Gland (Vaud)
- postal code
- 1196
- P8168
- Cilebak
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5721
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Gland ( French pronunciation: [ɡlɑ̃] ) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The city also is home to the IUCN and WWF headquarters.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.