Montreux

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Montreux

Total population

26,208

Elevation396 m

Coordinates46.43°, 6.91°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Montreux 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Jean-Pascal Delamuraz

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1936-1998)

Natacha Gachnang

Swiss racing driver

Aurélien Clerc

road bicycle racer

Anne-Marie Blanc

Swiss actress (1919–2008)

Francis Reusser

Swiss film director (1942–2020)

Claude Nobs

Swiss businessman (1936-2013)

Claude Nicollier

Swiss astronaut

G

Georges de Rham

Swiss mathematician (1903–1990)

Marc Amsler

Swiss ophthalmologists (1891-1968)

Jean-François Amiguet

Swiss film director and screenwriter

E

Eugène Jost

Swiss architect (1865-1946)

Françoise-Louise de Warens

Swiss baroness (1699-1762)

Aline Valangin

Swiss writer (1889-1986)

C

Claude Roch

Swiss politician

F

Félix Bonjour

Swiss journalist and politician (1858-1942)

August Socin

Swiss surgeon and professor (1837-1899)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Vaud

• Territet
  0.7 mi away
• Glion
  0.7 mi away
• Veytaux
  1 mi away · pop. 843
• Chernex
  1 mi away
• Caux
  1.2 mi away
• Clarens
  1.2 mi away
• Brent
  1.9 mi away
• Chailly
  1.9 mi away
• Les Avants
  2.1 mi away
• Blonay
  2.5 mi away · pop. 4,695
• Villeneuve
  2.5 mi away
• Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz
  3.3 mi away · pop. 4,068

Browse all places in Vaud →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Montreux

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-24

greenflush fibrecap

Inocybe corydalina

Seen 2026-09-24

blackening wax-cap

Hygrocybe nigrescens

Seen 2026-09-24

Downy milk cap

Lactarius pubescens

Seen 2026-09-24

Velvet Shield

Pluteus umbrosus

Seen 2026-09-24

burning brittlegill

Russula badia

Seen 2026-09-24

Cowboy's Handkerchief

Hygrophorus eburneus

Seen 2026-09-24

Russula viscida

Russula viscida

Seen 2026-09-24

Elfin Saddle

Helvella lacunosa

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Montreux, sourced from Wikidata.

• 2019 Bilderberg Conference

  planned event

  May 30, 2019
• Geneva peace talks on Syria (2017)

  recurring event

  peace negotiations between the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition

  Feb 23, 2017
• Geneva II Conference on Syria

  recurring event

  international peace conference aimed at ending Syrian Civil War

  Jan 22, 2014
• Q88452813

  festival

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

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