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Vevey (; frp, Vevê; german: label=former German, Vivis) is a town in
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 ...
in the canton of Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne. The German name Vivis is no longer commonly used. It was the seat of the district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District. It is part of the French-speaking area of Switzerland. Vevey is home to the world headquarters of the international food and beverage company Nestlé, founded here in 1867.
Milk chocolate Milk chocolate is a solid chocolate confectionery containing cocoa, sugar and milk. Chocolate was originally sold and consumed as a beverage in pre-Columbian times, and upon its introduction to Western Europe. Major milk chocolate producers incl ...
was invented in Vevey by Daniel Peter in 1875, with the aid of Henri Nestlé. The English actor and comedian
Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...
resided in Vevey from 1952 until his death in 1977.


History

A piloti settlement existed here as early as the 2nd millennium BC. Under Rome, it was known as Viviscus or ''Vibiscum''. It was mentioned for the first time by the ancient Greek astronomer and philosopher Ptolemy, who gave it the name Ouikos. In the Middle Ages it was a station on the Via Francigena. It was then ruled by the
bishopric of Lausanne The Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg ( la, Dioecesis Lausannensis, Genevensis et Friburgensis) is a Latin Catholic diocese in Switzerland, which is (as all sees in the Alpine country) exempt (i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not p ...
, and later under the
Blonay Blonay () is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District, Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities o ...
family. In the 1660s, several of the
English regicides English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
fled to Switzerland, and many of them settled in Vevey under the protection of the Bernese government. Vevey lived through a period of prosperity after the Vaud Revolution of 1798. In the 19th century industrial activities included mechanical engineering at the '' Ateliers de Constructions Mécaniques de Vevey'', food (Nestlé) and tobacco (Rinsoz & Ormond).


Geography

Vevey has an area, , of . Of this area, or 2.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 4.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 89.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.7% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 51.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 26.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 6.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 0.4% is used for growing crops and 1.7% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was the capital of the Vevey District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Vevey became the capital of the new district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011


Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Per pale Or and Azure, two Letters V interlaced counterchanged.''


Demographics

Vevey has a population () of . , 43.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008
accessed 19 June 2010
Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 16.2%. It has changed at a rate of 14.2% due to migration and at a rate of 3.4% due to births and deaths.
accessed 18-August-2011
Most of the population () speaks
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
(12,526 or 77.3%) as their first language, with Italian being second most common (854 or 5.3%) and Portuguese being third (601 or 3.7%). There are 599 people who speak German and 7 people who speak Romansh. The age distribution, , in Vevey is; 1,945 children or 10.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,928 teenagers or 10.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 2,543 people or 14.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 3,059 people or 17.0% are between 30 and 39, 2,852 people or 15.9% are between 40 and 49, and 2,059 people or 11.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 1,516 people or 8.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 1,131 people or 6.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 806 people or 4.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 138 people or 0.8% who are 90 and older.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office
accessed 29 April 2011
, there were 6,936 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 6,966 married individuals, 1,065 widows or widowers and 1,235 individuals who are divorced.STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 7,830 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2. persons per household. There were 3,667 households that consist of only one person and 334 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 8,012 households that answered this question, 45.8% were households made up of just one person and there were 39 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 1,694 married couples without children, 1,754 married couples with children. There were 527 single parents with a child or children. There were 149 households that were made up of unrelated people and 182 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. there were 264 single family homes (or 20.5% of the total) out of a total of 1,286 inhabited buildings. There were 565 multi-family buildings (43.9%), along with 329 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (25.6%) and 128 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (10.0%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen
accessed 28 January 2011
, a total of 7,752 apartments (83.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1,117 apartments (12.0%) were seasonally occupied and 430 apartments (4.6%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.8 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent an average apartment in Vevey was 1067.93
Swiss franc The Swiss franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is also legal tender in the Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia which is surrounded by Swiss territory. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) issues banknotes and the f ...
s (CHF) per month (US$850, £480, €680 approx. exchange rate from 2003). The average rate for a one-room apartment was 567.76 CHF (US$450, £260, €360), a two-room apartment was about 787.77 CHF (US$630, £350, €500), a three-room apartment was about 1014.16 CHF (US$810, £460, €650) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1817.64 CHF (US$1450, £820, €1160). The average apartment price in Vevey was 95.7% of the national average of 1116 CHF.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Rental prices
2003 data accessed 26 May 2010
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.45%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:960 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:18000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:4000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:800 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from:start till:5201 text:"5,201" bar:1860 from:start till:6494 text:"6,494" bar:1870 from:start till:7540 text:"7,540" bar:1880 from:start till:7475 text:"7,475" bar:1888 from:start till:7925 text:"7,925" bar:1900 from:start till:11781 text:"11,781" bar:1910 from:start till:13664 text:"13,664" bar:1920 from:start till:12768 text:"12,768" bar:1930 from:start till:13036 text:"13,036" bar:1941 from:start till:12598 text:"12,598" bar:1950 from:start till:14264 text:"14,264" bar:1960 from:start till:16269 text:"16,269" bar:1970 from:start till:17957 text:"17,957" bar:1980 from:start till:16139 text:"16,139" bar:1990 from:start till:15968 text:"15,968" bar:2000 from:start till:16202 text:"16,202"


Heritage sites of national significance

There are 14 structures in Vevey that are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The four museums on the list are: the ''Alimentarium'' ( fr); the Museum de la Confrérie des Vignerons ( fr); the Museum Jenisch; the Museum suisse de l’appareil photographique ( fr). There are three churches: the Roman Catholic Church of Notre-Dame; the Orthodox Church of the Great Martyr Barbara; the
Swiss Reformed The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
Church of Saint-Martin. The other seven buildings are: the Administration Building and Historical Archives of Nestlé SA;
Aile Castle Aile Castle is a castle in the municipality of Vevey of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institu ...
; the Cour au Chantre; the
City Hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...
; the Hôtel des Trois-Couronnes; the La Grenette and Place du Marché; the Saint-Jean Tower and Fountain. File:Alimentarium.jpg, Alimentarium File:Fork of Vevey.jpg ,
Fork of Vevey Fork of Vevey (french: La Fourchette de Vevey) is an , stainless steel fork on the shore of Lake Geneva in Vevey, Switzerland. Fork of Vevey is a part of the Alimentarium, a Vevey-based museum with a permanent exhibition on food and Nestlé's hi ...
, a monument on Geneva Lake by Alimentarium File:Vevey, Musée suisse de l’appareil photographique 1.jpg, Museum suisse de l’appareil photographique (Photography museum) File:2009-08-27 Lake Geneva 403.JPG , Administration Building Nestlé File:Vevey - Château de l'Aile - 2022-06 - 07.jpg, Aile Castle File:Vevey - Église catholique Notre-Dame.jpg, Catholic Church File:Picswiss VD-43-24.jpg , Eastern Orthodox Church File:Picswiss VD-43-25.jpg ,
Swiss Reformed The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
Church of Saint-Martin File:Vevey town hall.JPG , City Hall File:Vevey, Hôtel des trois couronnes.jpg, Hôtel des Trois-Couronnes File:Vevey, Place du marché et Grenette 5.jpg, La Grenette and Place du Marché File:Tour Saint Jean et fontaine 2.jpg, Saint-Jean Tower and Fountain


Main sights

The Grande Place is dominated by a granary known as ''La Grenette'', built in 1803 in the Neo-Classical "rustic" style. Behind ''La Grenette'' is the restaurant ''La Clef'', in which Jean-Jacques Rousseau used to eat. The table at which he sat is still to be seen in the restaurant. St Martin's Church, a few minutes' walk away from the Grande Place, contains the bodies of a number of those who condemned King Charles I of England to death - especially that of Edmund Ludlow who escaped to Vevey after the death of Oliver Cromwell. Additionally, there is a large fork just off the shore of the lake. The fork was originally installed in 1995 as a temporary exhibit. Removed in 1996 and replaced in 2007, it finally got authorization to remain in the lake in 2008 and has become an emblem for the townspeople.


Festivals

The Confrérie des Vignerons (Brotherhood of Winegrowers) organises the Winegrowers' Festival ('' Fête des Vignerons'') four or five times each century (one per generation) to celebrate its wine-growing traditions and culture. On those occasions an arena for 16,000 spectators is built in the marketplace — the Grande Place, which is the second-biggest marketplace in Europe, after
Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
, Portugal. The festivals date from the 18th century; the last five were in 1927, 1955, 1977, 1999, and 2019.


Market

The town is also known for its large market on Tuesday and Saturday mornings. The Vevey folk markets, known locally as the Marchés Folkloriques, normally has up to 2000 visitors each Saturday over a period of two months. (Second week of July to end August). Visitors can buy a wine-glass and drink to their heart's content while listening to brass bands,
Swiss folk music Switzerland has long had a distinct cultural identity, despite its diversity of German, French, Italian, Romansh people, Romansh and other ethnicities. Religious and folk music dominated the country until the 17th century, with growth in producti ...
, and watching traditional craftsmen at work. These Folk Markets are organised by the Société de développement de Vevey.


Politics

In the
2007 federal election This electoral calendar 2007 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2007 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not i ...
, the most popular party was the SP, which received 27.21% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (17.86%), the Green Party (16.21%) and the FDP (10.83%). In the federal election, a total of 3,217 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 40.0%. Many of the Union Cycliste Internationale defamation lawsuits against its critics have occurred under the Est Vaudois district court of Vevey.


Economy

, Vevey had an unemployment rate of 8.1%. , there were 9 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 1,320 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 134 businesses in this sector. 10,014 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 985 businesses in this sector. There were 7,741 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.4% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 9,458. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 6, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,246 of which 433 or (34.8%) were in manufacturing and 688 (55.2%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 8,206. In the tertiary sector; 1,749 or 21.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 228 or 2.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 614 or 7.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 218 or 2.7% were in the information industry, 382 or 4.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 2,150 or 26.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 432 or 5.3% were in education and 1,437 or 17.5% were in health care. , there were 8,153 workers who commuted into the municipality and 4,049 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.0 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 1.2% of the workforce coming into Vevey are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.0% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb
accessed 24 June 2010
Of the working population, 25.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 42.2% used a private car.


Religion

From the , 6,676 or 41.2% were Roman Catholic, while 4,224 or 26.1% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 427 members of an Orthodox church (or about 2.64% of the population), there were 8 individuals (or about 0.05% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 685 individuals (or about 4.23% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 43 individuals (or about 0.27% of the population) who were Jewish, and 1,083 (or about 6.68% of the population) who were
Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
ic. There were 52 individuals who were Buddhist, 47 individuals who were
Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
and 38 individuals who belonged to another church. 2,189 (or about 13.51% of the population) belonged to no church, are
agnostic Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. (page 56 in 1967 edition) Another definition provided is the view that "human reason is incapable of providing sufficient ...
or
atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...
, and 1,050 individuals (or about 6.48% of the population) did not answer the question.


Weather

Vevey has an average of 124.1 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Vevey receives an average of of rain or snow. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 10.7 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 12.7, but with only of rain or snow. The driest month of the year is February with an average of of precipitation over 9.4 days., the Vevey weather station elevation is 506 meters above sea level.


Education

In Vevey about 5,104 or (31.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory
upper secondary education Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...
, and 2,069 or (12.8%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a ''
Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...
''). Of the 2,069 who completed tertiary schooling, 43.5% were Swiss men, 29.2% were Swiss women, 15.4% were non-Swiss men and 11.9% were non-Swiss women. In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 1,968 students in the Vevey school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 817 children of which 456 children (55.8%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 1,024 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 852 students in those schools. There were also 92 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition
accessed 2 May 2011
, there were 712 students in Vevey who came from another municipality, while 537 residents attended schools outside the municipality. Vevey is home to the ''Alimentarium'', the ''
Musée Jenisch The Musée Jenisch is a museum of fine arts and prints at Vevey in 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 comp ...
'', and the ''Musée suisse de l'appareil photo'' museums.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Fréquentation de quelques musées et fondations, Vaud, 2001-2009
accessed 2 May 2011
In 2009 the ''Alimentarium'' was visited by 61,358 visitors (the average in previous years was 57,530). In the same year the ''Musée Jenisch'' was closed for renovations but the average in previous years was 17,286, and the ''Musée suisse de l'appareil photo'' was visited by 10,989 visitors (the average in previous years was 11,874). Vevey is home to the ''Bibliothèque médiathèque municipale'' library. The library has () 64,994 books or other media, and loaned out 153,629 items in the same year. It was open a total of 273 days with average of 34 hours per week during that year.


Sport

FC Vevey-Sports 05 FC Vevey United is a Swiss football club based in Vevey, Vaud canton. History Vevey Sports The club was founded in 1905 as ''Vevey Sports''. They had 7 seasons in the Swiss Super League: 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984 ...
is the town's football club.
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, also known as CAVy, is the town's rowing club. They currently hold the title for the best rowing club in
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.


Literary references

The action of Rousseau's '' Julie, or the New Heloise'' is set in and around Vevey. Vevey, and in particular the hotel "Trois Couronnes" is one of two locations that comprise the setting of Henry James' novella '' Daisy Miller''. In Ernest Hemingway's short story "A Canary for One", three Americans—a woman and a couple—meet on a train. Vevey is named as the place where the daughter of the woman fell in love with a local man and was taken away by her family, while the couple had spent their honeymoon there. It is also mentioned in ''
Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives ...
'', the classic American novel by
Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel ''Little Women'' (1868) and its sequels ''Little Men'' (1871) and ''Jo's Boys'' (1886). Raised in ...
, as the location of the young Theodore "Laurie" Laurence's early studies at boarding school as well as a stop on Amy March's European trip. It is in Vevey where she hears of her sister's death and becomes engaged to Laurie. Vevey was also the place where, in real life, Alcott met Ladislas Wiesniewski, who served as one of the models for Laurie. Vevey is also the lakeside town used as the setting for Anita Brookner's Booker Prize-winning novel ''Hotel du Lac''. H.G. Wells' '' The Shape of Things to Come'', published in 1934, predicted a Second World War breaking out in 1940 and lasting until 1950. In this future scenario, Vevey is depicted as the venue of an international peace conference held in 1941, where various prominent diplomats and statesmen gather, deliver ''"brilliant pacifist speeches hichecho throughout Europe"'', but fail to end the war.


Prix Clara Haskil

The Clara Haskil International Piano Competition is held biennially in her memory. The brochure reads: "The Clara Haskil Competition was founded in 1963 to honour and perpetuate the memory of the incomparable Swiss pianist, of Romanian origin, who was born in Bucharest in 1895. It takes place every two years in Vevey,
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 ...
, where Clara Haskil resided from 1942 until her death in Brussels in 1960.


In modern music

Rick Wakeman Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his solo albums released in the 1970s. Born and raised ...
, keyboardist for the progressive-rock band
Yes Yes or YES may refer to: * An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no Education * YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US * YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talente ...
, recorded the final organ portion of the song "Awaken", and the organ part in the song "Parallels", (both on the Yes album '' Going for the One''), on the pipe organ in St. Martin's Church in Vevey. A further instrumental track, Vevey (Revisited) appears in part on the ' YesYears' album, and in full on the 2003 remaster of '' Going for the One''. Wakeman also used the St. Martin's organ on his solo album (recorded shortly after Going For The One) "
Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record ''Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record'' is a studio album by English keyboardist Rick Wakeman, released in November 1977 on A&M Records. After touring his previous album ''No Earthly Connection'' in August 1976, Wakeman rejoined the progressive rock ba ...
" most notably in the final track "Judas Iscariot". Vevey, along with the Vineyards of Lavaux are mentioned in the song ''Lavaux'' on singer Prince's album
20Ten ''20Ten'' is the thirty-fifth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on July 10, 2010, by NPG Records as a free covermount with the ''Daily Mirror'' and '' Daily Record'' in the UK and Ireland, and '' Het Nieuwsblad'' ...
.


Photo gallery

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Notable people born in Vevey

* Abraham Ruchat (1680–1750) Protestant theologian and historian * Françoise-Louise de Warens (1699–1762) benefactress of Jean-Jacques Rousseau * Charles Labelye (1705–1762) bridge engineer, architect of the first Westminster Bridge * François-Louis Cailler (1796-1852) chocolatier *
Jacques Etienne Chevalley de Rivaz Jacques Etienne Chevalley de Rivaz (16 August 1801 – 8 December 1863) was a Swiss-born physician who spent his career in Naples and the Island of Ischia. He was the founder of a famous sanatorium on Ischia and also wrote several works on the geo ...
(1801–1863), physician *
Alexandre Calame Alexandre Calame (28 May 1810 – 19 March 1864) was a Swiss landscape painter, associated with the Düsseldorf School. Biography He was born in Arabie at the time belonging to Corsier-sur-Vevey, today a part of Vevey. He was the son of a skill ...
(1810-1864) painter *
Émile Burnat Émile Burnat (21 October 1828 in Vevey, Vaud – 31 August 1920) was a Swiss botanist. He began herborizing while still in his teens, later working at the ''Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques'' in Geneva. He is remembered for investigations o ...
(1828–1920) botanist *
Henri Dor Henri Dor (4 October 1835, in Vevey – 28 October 1912, in Lyon) was a Swiss ophthalmologist. He studied medicine at the University of Zürich, then furthered his education in ophthalmology at Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London, Edinburgh and Utr ...
(1835–1912) ophthalmologist * August Socin (1837–1899) surgeon and educator * Sir John Pentland Mahaffy GBE CVO (1839–1919) Irish classicist and polymathic scholar *
Edmond de Palézieux Edmond Henri Théodore de Palézieux, nicknamed Falconnet (20 July 1850, Vevey - 11 June 1924, Équihen-Plage) was a Swiss marine painter, known for his dramatic scenes of sailors fighting the elements. He was also an amateur sailor and navigator. ...
(1850-1924) marine painter, amateur sailor and navigator * Edmond Louis Budry (1854–1932) hymn writer * Auguste de Niederhäusern (1863–1913) better known as
Rodo Auguste de Niederhäusern, better known as Rodo (2 April 1863 – 21 May 1913) was a Swiss sculptor and medalist active in Switzerland and France. Rodo was born in Vevey, and in 1866 moved with his family to Geneva. He attended the École des ...
, a sculptor and medalist * Jaime de Bourbon (1870–1931) the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain *
Gustave Roussy Gustave Roussy (24 November 1874 – 30 September 1948) was a Swiss-French neuropathologist born in Vevey, Switzerland. Career As a hospital interne in Paris, Roussy worked under neurologists Pierre Marie and Joseph Jules Dejerine. In 1907 he ...
(1874–1948) Swiss-French neuropathologist * Ernest Ansermet (1883-1969) orchestral conductor *
Aline Valangin Aline Valangin was a Swiss writer, pianist, and psychoanalyst. She was follower of Carl Jung and became a psychoanalyst. Together with Vladimir Rosenbaum (1894–1984, her husband from 1917 to 1940) in Comologno, she helped and played host to ...
(1889-1986) writer, pianist and psychoanalyst * Marc Amsler (1891–1968) professor of ophthalmology at the University of Zurich *
Wolfgang R. Wasow Wolfgang R. Wasow (25 July 1909 – 11 September 1993) was an American mathematician known for his work in asymptotic expansions and their applications in differential equations. Early life Wasow was born as Wolfgang Richard Thal in Vevey, Swi ...
(1909-1993) American mathematician *
Anne-Marie Blanc Anne-Marie Blanc (1919–2009) was born on 2 September 1919 in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. She was a Swiss film and television actress. She died on 5 February 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland.
(1919–2009) film and television actress * Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1936–1998) politician, member of Swiss Federal Council 1983–1998 *
Éric Gaudibert Éric Gaudibert (21 December 1936 – 28 June 2012) was a Swiss composer. Career Gaudibert was born in Vevey. He studied piano and composition at the Conservatory of Lausanne, particularly with Denise Bidal and Hans Haug, and later in Paris in ...
(1936–2012) composer in the French "avant-garde" style * Jacques Moreillon (born 1939) Director General of the Red Cross (ICRC) until 1988 * Francis Reusser (born 1942) film director * Claude Nicollier (born 1944) the first astronaut from Switzerland *
Antoine Chessex Antoine Chessex (1980 in Vevey) is a Swiss artist and researcher who works with sound. Selected instrumental works include Les Abîmes Hallucinés (for Ensemble Proton in Bern), La Résonance des Ruines (for ICTUS Ensemble in Brussels), Plastic ...
(born 1980) composer, saxophone player and sound artist * RAF Camora (Raphael Ragucci, born 1984) rapper known as RAF Camora ; Sport * Bruno, Count of Harcourt (1899–1930) French nobility and a Grand Prix motor racing driver * Pascal Richard (born 1964) former racing cyclist, gold medalist in the
1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
* Aurélien Clerc (born 1979) former professional road bicycle racer *
Thabo Sefolosha Thabo Patrick Sefolosha (; born May 2, 1984) is a Swiss former professional basketball player. He has also played in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder, Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets, in the Turkish Basket ...
(born 1984) professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz * Émilie Gex-Fabry (born 1986) ski mountaineer


Notable residents past and present

* Olga Baclanova (1893 – 1974 in Vevey), Russian-born actress. * Franz Brünnow (1821–1891) a German astronomer, moved to Vevey in 1880. *
Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...
(1889–1977), British comedian, director, actor, and writer. ( Corsier-sur-Vevey) *
Peter Cowie Peter Cowie (born 24 December 1939) is a film historian and author of more than thirty books on film. In 1963 he was the founder/publisher and general editor of the annual ''International Film Guide'', a survey of worldwide film production, whi ...
(born 1939), film historian Romantic movement *
Fyodor Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...
(1821–1881), Russian novelist *
Dionizije Dvornić Dionizije Dvornić (27 April 1926 – 30 October 1992) was a Croatian football striker who achieved greatest success playing for Dinamo Zagreb in Yugoslav First League in the 1950s. During his time with Dinamo, he won one Yugoslav Cup in 1951 ...
(1926 – 1992 in Vevey), Croatian football player * Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), German philosopher and communist *
Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...
(1809–1852), Russian novelist * Graham Greene (1904–1991), British writer (Corseaux) * Clara Haskil (1895–1960), Swiss Romanian classical pianist, lived in Vevey from 1942 *
Bruno Hoffmann Bruno Hoffmann (15 September 191311 April 1991) was a German glass harpist. Hoffmann is widely acknowledged as the virtuoso who reanimated contemporary interest in the glass harp and glass harmonica. Bruno Hoffmann was born in Stuttgart, Germ ...
(1913–1991), German glass harp player *
Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...
(1802–1885), French poet and writer * Edouard Jeanneret (1887–1965), known as
Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...
, Swiss architect * Duncan Jones (born 1971), film director and his father David Bowie (1947–2016), musician * Paul Juon (1872–1940), Germanised Russian composer * Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) Austrian artist of expressionistic portraits, poet and playwright * Paul Kruger (1825 – 1904 at Clarens, near Vevey) a South African politician. * Robert John "Mutt" Lange (born 1948), record producer and songwriter * Edmund Ludlow (ca.1617–1692), general and politician in Oliver Cromwell's government and enemy of King Charles I. * Nikita Magaloff (1912 – 1992 in Vevey), Georgian-Russian pianist *
Jules Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are '' Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther' ...
(1842–1912), French composer (while composing Esclarmonde) *
James Mason James Neville Mason (; 15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films inc ...
(1909–1984), actor, (Corsier-sur-Vevey) *
Thomas Medwin Thomas Medwin (20 March 1788 –2 August 1869) was an early 19th-century English writer, poet and translator. He is known chiefly for his biography of his cousin, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and for published recollections of his friend, Lord Byron. ...
(1788–1869), writer and biographer of his cousin
Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley ( ; 4 August 17928 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achie ...
, honeymoon in Vevey * John Lothrop Motley (1814–1877), author of ''The Rise of the Dutch Republic''. *
Nubar Pasha Nubar Pasha ( ar, نوبار باشا hy, Նուպար Փաշա (January 1825, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire - 14 January 1899, Paris) was an Egyptian-Armenian politician and the first Prime Minister of Egypt. He served as Prime Minister three times d ...
(1825-1899) an Egyptian-Armenian politician, the first Prime Minister of Egypt; educated by Jesuits in Vevey. * Daniel Peter (1836–1919), inventor of
milk chocolate Milk chocolate is a solid chocolate confectionery containing cocoa, sugar and milk. Chocolate was originally sold and consumed as a beverage in pre-Columbian times, and upon its introduction to Western Europe. Major milk chocolate producers incl ...
bar, lived and died in Vevey * Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Swiss writer and philosopher, father of the European Romantic movement. * Percy Scholes (1877 – 1958 in Vevey), English musician and writer *
Henryk Sienkiewicz Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish writer, novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especi ...
(1846 – 1916 in Vevey), a, Polish writer, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Literature ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature , presenter = Swedish Academy , holder = Annie Ernaux (2022) , location = Stockholm, Sweden , year = 1901 , ...
for '' Quo Vadis''. His statue stands in the garden of the Grand Hôtel du Lac. * Jacob Spon (1647 – 1685 in Vevey) a French doctor and archaeologist. *
Henry Philip Tappan Henry Philip Tappan (April 18, 1805 – November 15, 1881) was an American philosopher, educator and academic administrator. He is officially considered the first president of the University of Michigan.The University of Michigan was establi ...
(1805–1881), first
President of the university of Michigan The president of the University of Michigan is a constitutional officer who serves as the principal executive officer of the University of Michigan. The president is chosen by the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, as provided for ...
* Shania Twain (born 1965), Canadian country singer-songwriter


Infrastructure

Vevey railway station Vevey railway station (french: Gare de Vevey) is a public transport hub not far from the shore of Lake Geneva. It serves the municipality of Vevey, in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. SBB-CFF-FFS passenger trains call here while operating on the ...
, the first station to be "automated" in 1956, is served by several routes of the RER Vaud commuter rail system. It has frequent trains to
Blonay Blonay () is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District, Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities o ...
, Lausanne, Geneva, Montreux and
Villeneuve Villeneuve, LaVilleneuve or deVilleneuve may refer to: People * Villeneuve (surname) Places Australia * Villeneuve, Queensland, a town in the Somerset Region Canada * Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a Formula One racetrack in Montréal * Villeneuv ...
, among others. The Vevey–Chardonne–Mont Pèlerin funicular links Vevey with the summit of Mont Pèlerin. The
Vevey–Villeneuve trolleybus line The Montreux/Vevey trolleybus system (french: Réseau trolleybus de Montreux/Vevey), also known as the Vevey–Villeneuve trolleybus line, forms part of the public transport network in Montreux and Vevey, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It ...
is the last remaining of the five interurban trolleybus lines that have existed in Switzerland. It largely follows Swiss main road no. 9, passes through the municipalities of Vevey, La Tour-de-Peilz, Montreux, Veytaux and
Villeneuve Villeneuve, LaVilleneuve or deVilleneuve may refer to: People * Villeneuve (surname) Places Australia * Villeneuve, Queensland, a town in the Somerset Region Canada * Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a Formula One racetrack in Montréal * Villeneuv ...
, and serves a total of 41
stops Stop may refer to: Places *Stop, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States * Stop (Rogatica), a village in Rogatica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina Facilities * Bus stop * Truck stop, a type of rest stop for truck dri ...
. Also known as line 201, it operates every 10 minutes during the day between termini at the base station of the funicular and Villeneuve. The number 213 bus line, operated by motor buses, goes up to
Châtel-Saint-Denis Châtel-Saint-Denis (; frp, Châtél, locally ''Tsathi'' , or ''Châtél-Sent-Denis'', locally ''Tsathi-Chin-Dèni'') is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality and district capital of the district of Veveyse (district), Veveyse in the Cant ...
and Bossonnens. There are also late night ''Petit Prince'' buses. Vevey is well connected on the lake with boats going to all the major harbours like Le Bouveret,
Saint Gingolph Saint-Gingolph is a small town situated on the south bank of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman). It sits at the France–Switzerland border and is administratively divided into Saint-Gingolph, Valais (Switzerland) and Saint-Gingolph, Haute-Savoie (France). ...
, Evian, Lausanne and more.


International relations


Twin towns – sister cities

Vevey is
twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...
with: Vevay, Indiana


See also

* Vevay, Indiana, United States


References


External links

*
Official website
* * {{Authority control Cities in Switzerland Populated places on Lake Geneva Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Vaud