Aigle

Aigle
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Aigle is located in Switzerland
Aigle
Aigle
Aigle is located in Canton of Vaud
Aigle
Aigle
Coordinates: 46°19′N 6°58′E / 46.317°N 6.967°E / 46.317; 6.967
CountrySwitzerland
CantonVaud
DistrictAigle
Government
 • ExecutiveMunicipalité
with 5 members
 • MayorSyndic
Grégory Devaud FDP/PRD/PLR
(as of 2021)
 • ParliamentConseil communal
with 70 members
Area
 • Total
16.41 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Elevation
(la gare)
405 m (1,329 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2][3]
 • Total
10,134
 • Density620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
DemonymFrench: Les Aiglons
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
1860
SFOS number5401
ISO 3166 codeCH-VD
LocalitiesLe Cloître, Vers Pousaz, Fontanney
Surrounded byVaud: Yvorne, Leysin, Ormont-Dessous, Ollon; Valais: Vouvry, Collombey-Muraz
Twin townsL'Aigle (France), Tübingen (Germany), Bassersdorf (Switzerland)
Websiteaigle.ch
Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

Aigle (French for "eagle", pronounced [ɛɡl]; Arpitan: Âgllo) is a historic town and a municipality and the capital of the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

The official language of Aigle is Swiss French.

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Population résidante permanente au 31 décembre 2018, Vaud" (PDF). Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.