Montreux
Municipality in Vaud, Switzerland
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Key Takeaways
- Montreux ( UK: , US: ; French: [mɔ̃tʁø] ; Arpitan: Montrolx ) is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps.
- 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.
- Montreux railway station is a stop on the Simplon Railway and is a mountain railway hub.
- Montreux lies on the north east shore of Lake Geneva at the fork in the Roman road from Italy over the Simplon Pass, where the roads to the Roman capital of Aventicum and the road into Gaul through Besançon separated.
- A Roman villa from the 2nd-4th centuries and a 6th–7th century cemetery have been discovered.
Montreux (UK: , US: ; 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 Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud, having a population of nearly 27,000 with about 85,000 in the Vevey-Montreux agglomeration as of 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.
History
The earliest settlement was a Late Bronze Age village at Baugy. Montreux lies on the north east shore of Lake Geneva at the fork in the Roman road from Italy over the Simplon Pass, where the roads to the Roman capital of Aventicum and the road into Gaul through Besançon separated. This made it an important settlement in the Roman era. A Roman villa from the 2nd-4th centuries and a 6th–7th century cemetery have been discovered.
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