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Montreux
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Montreux is located in Switzerland
Montreux
Montreux
Montreux is located in Canton of Vaud
Montreux
Montreux
Coordinates: 46°26′06″N 06°54′45″E / 46.43500°N 6.91250°E / 46.43500; 6.91250
CountrySwitzerland
CantonVaud
DistrictRiviera-Pays-d'Enhaut
Government
 • ExecutiveMunicipalité
with 7 members
 • MayorSyndic (list)
Olivier Gfeller SPS/PSS
 • ParliamentConseil communal
with 100 members
Area
[1]
 • Total33.41 km2 (12.90 sq mi)
Elevation
(railway station)
396 m (1,299 ft)
Highest elevation
(Naye)
2,021 m (6,631 ft)
Lowest elevation
(Lake Geneva)
374 m (1,227 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total25,984
 • Density780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
1815 Clarens, 1816 Chailly-Montreux, 1817 Brent, 1820 Montreux, 1820 Territet, 1822 Chernex, 1823 Glion, 1824 Caux, 1832 Chamby, 1832 Villard-sur-Chamby, 1833 Les Avants
SFOS number5886
ISO 3166 codeCH-VD
LocalitiesBaugy, Brent, Caux, Chailly-sur-Montreux, Chamby, Chaulin, Chêne, Chernex, Clarens, Collonge, Cornaux, Crin, Fontanivent, Glion, Jor, Le Châtelard, Les Avants, Les Planches, Mont-Fleuri, Pallens, Pertit, Planchamp, Sonzier, Tavel, Territet, Vernex, Villard-sur-Chamby, Vuarennes
Surrounded byVilleneuve, Blonay, Haut-Intyamon, La Tour-de-Peilz, Noville, Veytaux
Twin townsWiesbaden (Germany), Menton (France), Chiba City (Japan)
Websitehttp://www.montreux.ch
Profile (in French),

Montreux (UK: /mɒ̃ˈtrɜː/,[3] US: /mɒ̃ˈtr/,[4] French: [mɔ̃tʁø] ; Arpitan: 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 approximately 26,433, with about 85,000 in the agglomeration Vevey-Montreux as 2019.

Located in the centre of a region named the Vaud or Swiss Riviera (French: Riviera vaudoise), Montreux has been an important tourist destination since the 19th century due to its mild climate. The region includes numerous Belle Époque palaces and hotels near the shores of Lake Geneva. Montreux railway station is a stop on the Simplon Railway and is a mountain railway hub.

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  3. ^ "Montreux". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22.
  4. ^ "Montreux Gold Rose, the". Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

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