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Encyclopedia > Blonay
Blonay
Canton Vaud
District Vevey
Coordinates  46°28′N 06°54′E
Population 5209   (2004)
Area 16.03 km²
Elevation 622 m
Postal code 1807
SFSO nbr 5881
Mayor Henri Merinat
Website www.blonay.ch
Localities Bains-de-l'Alliaz, L'Alliaz, Lally, Les Chevalleyres, Les Pléiades
Surrounded by Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, Châtel-Saint-Denis (FR), Haut-Intyamon (FR), Montreux, La Tour-de-Peilz
Demonym Les Blonaysans
Les Tire-Troncs
Lè Moutso

Blonay is a municipality in the district of Vevey of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... Arms of Vevey (district) Vevey is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Montreux is a resort town in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on Lake Geneva with a population of 22,897. ... La Tour-de-Peilz is a municipality in the district of Vevey of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ...





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Commune de Blonay (180 words)
This is a good rustic tradition, supported by the community association for the development of Blonay „Société de Developpement de Blonay – Les Plëiades“.
A cheerful occasion for the rural population and the town dwellers to meet and enjoy folk music.
This is the celebration in Blonay for the herders, proudly and respectfully presenting their herd, a pleasure for all the visitors.
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