VILLARS (VILLARs-suR-OLLoN), a Swiss winter sports centre, frequented in summer also, situated at over 4,iooft. above sea-level, on a narrow gauge railway that branches from the Lausanne-Brig main line at Bex, about 81m. beyond the point at which the railway leaves the Lake of Geneva. It is some distance above Gryon and commands a fine view of the Dent du Midi and the western Alps, and the Grand Muveran (3,061 metres) nearby. The railway runs on to Chesieres, another resort
which, in its turn, has road vehicles to 011on, a station on the light railway from Monthey, which joins the Lausanne-Brig main line at Aigle.