Coppet Castle ( French: ''Château de Coppet'') is a

château A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Now ...

in the

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Coppet Coppet is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Coppet is first mentioned in 1294 as ''Copetum''. In 1347 it was mentioned as ''Copet''. Geography Coppet has an area (), of . Of this area, ...

of the

Canton of Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...

in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. It gave its name to the celebrated group of several dozen early 19th-century intellectuals from the whole of

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, the so-called Coppet group, who met there ( - 1816) under the aegis of

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and made signal contributions to literature, philosophy and politics.

People born in Coppet Castle

* Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661-1728), Prussian field marshal *

Christopher I, Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Schlodien Christopher I, Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Schlodien (2 April 1665 – 11 October 1733) was a Prussian general and diplomat. Life Dohna was born at the Coppet Castle in Coppet near Geneva, one of the sons of Frederick of Dohna (1621–16 ...

(1665-1733), Prussian general and diplomat

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Official site
Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Vaud Castles in Vaud {{Switzerland-castle-stub

People born in Coppet Castle

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