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Villars-sur-Ollon

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Villars-sur-Ollon, commonly referred to as Villars, is a village in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, part of the municipality of Ollon. [1]

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Aiglon College

Aiglon College is a private co-educational boarding school in Switzerland, broadly modelled on British boarding school lines.

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Béatrix Beck

Béatrix Beck (14 July 1914 – 30 November 2008) was a French writer of Belgian origin.

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Bex–Villars–Bretaye railway

The Bex–Villars–Bretaye Railway (Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye, BVB) is a metre gauge railway line operating between the towns of Bex and Villars-sur-Ollon and the Col de Bretaye mountain pass, situated in the Chablais region of southwest Switzerland.

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Bretaye

Bretaye (or Col de Bretaye) is a high mountain pass of the Swiss Alps, located above Villars-sur-Ollon in the canton of Vaud.

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Canton of Vaud

The canton of Vaud is the third largest of the Swiss cantons by population and fourth by size.

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Chalet

A chalet (pronounced in British English; in American English usually), also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building or house, typical of the Alpine region in Europe.

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Charlotte Chable

Charlotte Chable (born 31 October 1994) is a Swiss alpine ski racer.

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Christian Beck (poet)

Christian Beck (4 January 1879 in Verviers – 29 February 1916) was a Belgian poet.

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Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil

Founded in 1910 Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil is one of the oldest private boarding schools in Switzerland.

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Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music (also known as EDM, dance music, club music, or simply dance) is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres made largely for nightclubs, raves, and festivals.

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Fanny Smith

Fanny Smith (born 20 May 1992) is a Swiss freestyle skier.

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Ferdinand Hodler

Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 – May 19, 1918) was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the nineteenth century.

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Georg Solti

Sir Georg Solti, KBE (born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was a Hungarian-born orchestral and operatic conductor, best known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

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Glacier 3000

Glacier 3000 (officially Gstaad 3000 AG) is a company that operates several cable cars and ski lifts in the region of the Diablerets in western Switzerland.

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Gondola lift

A gondola lift is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above.

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Gryon

Gryon is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.

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Jacques Villeneuve

Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve, (born April 9, 1971), is a Canadian professional auto racing driver and amateur musician.

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Jean-Daniel Dätwyler

Jean-Daniel Dätwyler (born April 2, 1945) is a Swiss former alpine skier and Olympic medalist.

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Les Diablerets

Les Diablerets is a village and ski resort located in the municipality of Ormont-Dessus in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

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Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco), meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps and the highest in Europe west of Russia's Caucasus peaks.

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Olivia Ausoni

Olivia Ausoni (20 April 1923 – 15 May 2010) was a Swiss alpine skier.

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Ollon

Ollon is a municipality in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, sited in the foothills of the mountains to the south-east of the Lake of Geneva.

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Piste

A piste is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports.

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Rack railway

A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails.

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Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a recreational activity and Olympic and Paralympic sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet.

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Snowbombing

Snowbombing is a popular ski resort festival, held annually in the spring at the Austrian ski resort of Mayrhofen.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Redirects here:

Chesières-Villars, Ollon-Villars, Ollon–Villars.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villars-sur-Ollon

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