Gryon
Sign in to saveGryon () is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. The entire village of Gryon and the Taveyanne area are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Gryon
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Gryon winter.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Gryon village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Gryon COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Gryon Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Vaud
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VD
- Swiss town.district
- Aigle
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1882
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5405
- Swiss town.area
- 15.22
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1114
- Swiss town.population
- 1142
- Swiss town.populationof
- 2007
- Swiss town.website
- gryon.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Pierre-André Burnier (PLR)
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Syndic
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Gryon () is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. The entire village of Gryon and the Taveyanne area are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
== Geography== thumb|left|Chalets in GryonThe municipality is located in the Aigle district, on a narrow terrace at an elevation of between the Gryonne and Avançon canyons. The commune is composed of multiple settlements, which include the Gryon village, Barboleuse, Alpe des Chaux, Taveyanne, and Peuffeyre. In the western part behind the forests lies the alpine pasture of Taveyanne. The highest point of the commune reaches 2'620 m a.s.l. on the slopes of mountain Culan, which is part of the Diablerets massif. The lowest point is located at an altitude of 680 m at Peuffeyre next to the river Avançon d'Anzeinde.