CHATEAU-D’OEX

The commune of Château-d’Oex is located in the Vaud part of the Sarine valley between the Saanenland in the canton of Bern (in French: Gessenay) upstream and the Intyamon in the canton of Fribourg downstream, at an altitude of about 1,000 m.

Château-d’Œx is the largest municipality in the canton of Vaud, with an area of 113.71 km22.5. In the 2013-2018 survey, residential and infrastructure areas accounted for 3.0% of its area, agricultural areas for 44.2%, wooded areas for 36.5%, and unproductive areas for 16.2%6.

The minimum altitude of the municipality is 870 m at the level of the Sarine, the average altitude is 1,489 m, and the highest point is at 2,548 m altitude at the summit of Tarent on the Pic Chaussy – Cape au Moine ridge.

The commune includes several villages and hamlets. Besides Château-d’Œx, the main town, the most important are Les Moulins and Les Granges, at the bottom of the valley, as well as L’Étivaz and La Lécherette, on the road to the Col des Mosses.

The municipality is located in the heart of the Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut regional nature park, of which it is the headquarters.