Glion () is a village in the municipality of

Montreux Montreux (, , ; frp, Montrolx) is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, and has a population of approximat ...

in the canton of Vaud,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. The village is located 700

m.a.s.l. Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The com ...

, overlooking Lake Geneva. The position of this village in

and the Chauderon Gorge made it a touristic destination in the 19th century. Glion is known for being the first headquarters of the

Glion Institute of Higher Education The Glion Institute of Higher Education (informally Glion) is a private hospitality management school with campuses in Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It is owned by Eurazeo, a private equity firm based in Paris, and it forms part of the ...

hospitality school. It is also the location of the

Institut Villa Pierrefeu Institut Villa Pierrefeu is Switzerland's last traditional finishing school in Glion. Overview Institut Villa Pierrefeu is run by Viviane Néri. Her son Philippe oversees strategy. Pierrefeu is the last institution teaching etiquette born of the ...

. The first conference of the Glion Colloquium was held in Glion. This place is where Henri Nestlé died of a heart attack in 1890.

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