Bex

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Bex is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in southwestern Switzerland, known for its historic salt mines and location in the Rhône valley near the Alps.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bex canonical 3
BEX 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
cantonCapital Lausanne ⓘ
climate temperate climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 46.248° N, 7.010° E ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
elevation 1391 feet ⓘ
424 metres ⓘ
hasAttraction salt museum ⓘ
underground salt mine galleries ⓘ
hasCanton Vaud ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Bex Salt Mines ⓘ
hasIndustry salt production ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasMunicipalityCode 5403 ⓘ
hasNeighboringMunicipality Aigle ⓘ
Collonges ⓘ
Gryon ⓘ
Lavey-Morcles ⓘ
Massongex ⓘ
Ollon ⓘ
Ormont-Dessous ⓘ
linked to: Ormont-Dessus

Saint-Maurice ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage French ⓘ
hasPopulationEstimate approximately 7,000–8,000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasRegion Chablais Vaudois ⓘ
hasRiver Avançon de Nant ⓘ
Rhône River ⓘ
hasTransportConnection Bex railway station ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.bex.ch ⓘ
ISO3166-2Code CH-VD ⓘ
knownFor Bex Salt Mines ⓘ
historic salt mines ⓘ
locatedIn Rhône valley ⓘ
canton of Vaud ⓘ
linked to: Canton of Vaud

southwestern Switzerland ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity district of Aigle ⓘ
linked to: Aigle District
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Alps ⓘ
locatedOn right bank of the Rhône River ⓘ
partOf Swiss Alps region ⓘ
postalCode 1880 ⓘ
railwayLine Bex–Villars–Bretaye railway ⓘ
Simplon line ⓘ
roadConnection A9 motorway ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aigle → hasRailConnection → Bex ⓘ
subject linked to: Aigle, Switzerland
St-Maurice → borderedBy → Bex ⓘ
RER Vaud → connects → Bex ⓘ
Bexhill railway station → hasStationCode → BEX ⓘ
linked to: Bex
RAF Benson → hasIataCode → BEX ⓘ
linked to: Bex