Montreux

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{{Infobox Switzerland municipality
|subject_name      = Montreux
|image_photo       = Montreux (Svizzera) Panoramica del centro della città dal lago.jpg
|image_caption     = 
|municipality_type = municipality, town
|imagepath_flag    = CHE Montreux Flag.svg
|imagepath_coa     = CHE Montreux COA.svg
|demonym           = 
|map               = 
|canton            = Vaud
|iso-code-region   = CH-VD
|district          = [[Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District|Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut]]
|coordinates       = {{coord|46|26|06|N|06|54|45|E|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code       = 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
|elevation         = 396
|elevation_description = railway station
|highest           = [[Rochers De Naye|Naye]]
|highest_m         = 2021
|lowest            = Lake Geneva
|lowest_m          = 374
|mayor             = Olivier Gfeller 
|mayor_party       = PSS
|mayor_title       = Syndic
|list_of_mayors    = List of mayors of Montreux
|executive_name    = Municipalité 
|executive_number_of_members = 7
|parliament_name   = Conseil communal 
|parliament_number_of_members = 100
|places            = Baugy, Brent, [[Caux, Switzerland|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
|neighboring_municipalities = [[Villeneuve, Vaud|Villeneuve]], [[Blonay]], [[Haut-Intyamon]], [[La Tour-de-Peilz]], [[Noville, Switzerland|Noville]], [[Veytaux]]
|twintowns         = [[Wiesbaden]] (Germany), [[Menton]] (France), [[Chiba City]] (Japan)
|website           = 
}}
'''Montreux''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|m|ɒ̃|ˈ|t|r|əː}},<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Montreux |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182154/https://www.lexico.com/definition/montreux |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=Montreux |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|m|ɒ̃|ˈ|t|r|oʊ}},<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/montreux-gold-rose |title=Montreux Gold Rose, the |work=[[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]] |publisher=[[Longman]] |access-date=29 August 2019 |archive-date=29 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829143412/https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/montreux-gold-rose |url-status=live }}</ref> {{IPA-fr|mɔ̃tʁø|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Eihel-Montreux.wav}}; {{lang-frp|Montrolx}}) is a Swiss [[municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] and [[List of towns in Switzerland|town]] on the shoreline of [[Lake Geneva]] at the foot of the [[Swiss Alps|Alps]]. It belongs to the district of [[Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut (district)|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 ''Riviera'' ({{lang-fr|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==
[[File:Montreux, Switzerland.JPG|thumb|left|Lake Geneva from Montreux]]
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 [[Ancient Rome|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 [[Switzerland in the Roman era|Roman era]]. A Roman villa from the 2nd-4th centuries and a 6th–7th century cemetery have been discovered.<ref name=HDS/>

In the 12th century, [[viticulture]] was introduced to the region, and the sunny slopes of the lake from [[Lavaux]] to Montreux became an important wine-growing region. Montreux is first mentioned in 1215 as ''Mustruel''.<ref name=HDS/> In 1295, the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion|Bishop of Sion]] sold the [[parish]] of Montreux to Girard of Oron. In 1317, it was split between the Lords of Oron (Le Châtelard) and the [[County of Savoy|Counts of Savoy]] (Les Planches).<ref name=HDS/> A [[Hospitallers of the Holy Spirit|Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit]] administered estates and a hospital in Montreux starting in about 1309.

The region was subject to various princes, most notably the princes of [[Savoy]] from the south side of the lake. They unified the territory which comprises the present canton of [[Vaud]] and were generally popular sovereigns.

After the [[Burgundian Wars]] in the 15th century, the Swiss in [[Bern]] occupied the region without resistance, an indication of the weakness of the princes of Savoy. Under Bernese rule (1536–1798) it belonged to the [[Bailiwick]] of Chillon (renamed in 1735 into the Bailiwick of Vevey).

The Reformation made the region around Montreux and [[Vevey]] an attractive haven for [[Huguenots]] from Italy, who brought their artisanal skills and set up workshops and businesses.

The abbey of Les Echarpes blanches was founded in 1626.<ref name=HDS/>

In 1798, [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] liberated the region from the Bernese. In the 19th century, the tourist industry became a major commercial outlet, with the grand hotels of Montreux attracting the rich and cultured from Europe and America.

Starting in the 19th century there were three independent municipalities that shared a central authority. This county council was made up of four deputies from Le Châtelard, two from Les Planches and one from Veytaux. The church, the market hall of La Rouvenaz, the secondary school (the building was from 1872 and 1897) and the slaughter-house (1912) were all owned by the county council. Each municipality had its own taxes and a mayor. In 1962, the municipalities of Le Châtelard and Les Planches merged, while Veytaux remained independent.<ref name=HDS/>

==Geography==
[[File:Montreux2004.jpg|thumb|left|Montreux and Lake Geneva]]
[[File:ETH-BIB-Montreux-LBS H1-012365.tif|thumb|Aerial view (1949)]]
Montreux has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{cvt|33.41|km2|mi2}}. Of this area, {{cvt|8.34|km2|mi2}} or 25.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{cvt|16.80|km2|mi2}} or 50.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{cvt|6.68|km2|mi2}} or 20.0% is settled (buildings or roads), {{cvt|0.09|km2|acre}} or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and {{cvt|1.55|km2|mi2}} or 4.6% is unproductive land.<ref name=BFS_land>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung/gesamtspektrum-regionalen-stufen/gemeinden.assetdetail.11007176.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816160612/https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung/gesamtspektrum-regionalen-stufen/gemeinden.assetdetail.11007176.html |date=2020-08-16 }} 2018 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 26 July 2020</ref>

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 11.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.4%. Out of the forested land, 46.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.5% is used for growing crops and 9.9% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops and 13.7% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.<ref name=BFS_land/>

The municipality was part of the [[Vevey District]] until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Montreux became part of the new district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut.<ref name=Mutation>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113231755/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html |date=2015-11-13 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 April 2011</ref>

The municipality stretches from Lake Geneva to the foothills of the Swiss Alps (Rochers-de-Naye). It includes the former municipalities of Montreux-Les Planches (until 1952 Les Planches) and Montreux-Le Châtelard (until 1952 Le Châtelard). It was formed in 1962 with the merger of the two former municipalities.

==Climate==
The [[Köppen Climate Classification]] subtype for Montreux's climate is "[[Köppen climate classification#Group C: Temperate/mesothermal climates|Cfb]]" (Marine West Coast Climate/[[Oceanic climate]]).<ref name=Weatherbase>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=590695&cityname=Montreux%2C+Vaud%2C+Switzerland&units= Climate Summary for Montreux] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010143432/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=590695&cityname=Montreux%2C+Vaud%2C+Switzerland&units= |date=2017-10-10 }} accessed 27 June 2013</ref>
{{Weather box
|location = Montreux-Clarens (1961–1990)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan high C = 4.5
|Feb high C = 6.2
|Mar high C = 9.6
|Apr high C = 13.9
|May high C = 18.2
|Jun high C = 21.8
|Jul high C = 24.9
|Aug high C = 23.9
|Sep high C = 20.5
|Oct high C = 15.2
|Nov high C = 9.3
|Dec high C = 5.5
|year high C = 14.5
|Jan mean C = 1.5
|Feb mean C = 2.8
|Mar mean C = 5.4
|Apr mean C = 9.1
|May mean C = 13.3
|Jun mean C = 16.7
|Jul mean C = 19.3
|Aug mean C = 18.6
|Sep mean C = 15.5
|Oct mean C = 10.9
|Nov mean C = 5.8
|Dec mean C = 2.4
|year mean C = 10.1
|Jan low C = -0.8
|Feb low C = 0.3
|Mar low C = 2.4
|Apr low C = 5.5
|May low C = 9.5
|Jun low C = 12.8
|Jul low C = 15.1
|Aug low C = 14.7
|Sep low C = 12.0
|Oct low C = 8.0
|Nov low C = 3.3
|Dec low C = 0.0
|year low C = 6.9
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 90
|Feb precipitation mm = 86
|Mar precipitation mm = 104
|Apr precipitation mm = 109
|May precipitation mm = 119
|Jun precipitation mm = 157
|Jul precipitation mm = 130
|Aug precipitation mm = 158
|Sep precipitation mm = 117
|Oct precipitation mm = 104
|Nov precipitation mm = 114
|Dec precipitation mm = 91
|year precipitation mm = 1379
|Jan snow cm = 10
|Feb snow cm = 8
|Mar snow cm = 4
|Apr snow cm = 1
|May snow cm = 0
|Jun snow cm = 0
|Jul snow cm = 0
|Aug snow cm = 0
|Sep snow cm = 0
|Oct snow cm = 0
|Nov snow cm = 3
|Dec snow cm = 8
|year snow cm = 34
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 11.6
|Feb precipitation days = 10.6
|Mar precipitation days = 12.4
|Apr precipitation days = 11.9
|May precipitation days = 13.8
|Jun precipitation days = 13.1
|Jul precipitation days = 10.3
|Aug precipitation days = 12
|Sep precipitation days = 9.5
|Oct precipitation days = 8.9
|Nov precipitation days = 11
|Dec precipitation days = 11.3
|year precipitation days = 136.4
|unit snow days = 1.0 cm
|Jan snow days = 2.7
|Feb snow days = 1.9
|Mar snow days = 0.9
|Apr snow days = 0.3
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.8
|Dec snow days = 2.0
|year snow days = 8.6
|Jan humidity = 81
|Feb humidity = 77
|Mar humidity = 73
|Apr humidity = 70
|May humidity = 71
|Jun humidity = 71
|Jul humidity = 69
|Aug humidity = 72
|Sep humidity = 76
|Oct humidity = 81
|Nov humidity = 80
|Dec humidity = 81
|year humidity = 75
|source 1 = [[MeteoSwiss]]<ref name=MeteoSwiss>{{cite web |url=https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/CLA/climsheet_CLA_np6190_e.pdf |title=Climate Normals Montreux−Clarens (Reference period 1961−1990) |publisher=Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss |access-date=29 January 2022 |archive-date=29 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129153629/https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/CLA/climsheet_CLA_np6190_e.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
[[File:Picswiss VD-45-14.jpg|thumb|upright|High rise in Montreux]]
[[File:Picswiss VD-45-17.jpg|thumb|upright|Apartment building in Montreux]]
Montreux has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VD}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VD|5886}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VD}} {{as of|2008}}, 44.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=HDS_superweb>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628151016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |date=2010-06-28 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref> Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 14.7%. It has changed at a rate of 22.3% due to migration and at a rate of -0.8% due to births and deaths.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=2016-01-05 }} accessed 17-August-2011</ref>

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (16,695 or 74.4%) as their first language, with [[German language|German]] being second most common (1,398 or 6.2%) and [[Italian language|Italian]] being third (897 or 4.0%). There are 9 people who speak [[Romansh language|Romansh]].<ref name=STAT2000/>

The age distribution, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, in Montreux is; 2,050 children or 8.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 3,021 teenagers or 12.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 4,216 people or 17.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 3,016 people or 12.2% are between 30 and 39, 3,552 people or 14.4% are between 40 and 49, and 3,048 people or 12.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 2,565 people or 10.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 1,795 people or 7.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 1,206 people or 4.9% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 263 people or 1.1% who are 90 and older.<ref name=Vaud_Pop_Stats>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316091212/http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 |date=2015-03-16 }} {{in lang|fr}} accessed 29 April 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 9,380 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 9,758 married individuals, 1,631 widows or widowers and 1,685 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409212530/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=2014-04-09 }}  {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 9,823 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 4,198 households that consist of only one person and 402 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 10,236 households that answered this question, 41.0% were households made up of just one person and there were 53 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 2,563 married couples without children, 2,245 married couples with children. There were 605 single parents with a child or children. There were 159 households that were made up of unrelated people and 413 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 1,375 single family homes (or 43.2% of the total) out of a total of 3,183 inhabited buildings. There were 1,024 multi-family buildings (32.2%), along with 530 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (16.7%) and 254 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (8.0%).<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-09-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 9,553 apartments (70.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3,043 apartments (22.5%) were seasonally occupied and 916 apartments (6.8%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/> {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.6 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>

{{as of|2003}} the average price to rent an average apartment in Montreux was 1067.93 [[Swiss franc]]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 Montreux was 95.7% of the national average of 1116 CHF.<ref name=BFS_rent>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/05/06/blank/key/einfuehrung.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Rental prices] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423161803/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/05/06/blank/key/einfuehrung.html |date=2010-04-23 }} 2003 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 26 May 2010</ref> The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0.55%.<ref name=SFSO/>

The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2617|Montreux}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=2014-09-30 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref>
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==Heritage sites of national significance==
The Audiorama, the Swiss National Audiovisual Museum, [[Crêtes Castle]], [[Châtelard Castle, Vaud|Châtelard Castle]], the Train Station, the Hôtel [[Montreux Palace]], the [[Caux Palace Hotel]], the Ile and Villa Salagnon, the Marché couvert, the Palace-Hôtel, the [[Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel|Grand Hôtel de Territet]] which was formerly the Grand-Hôtel/the Hôtel des Alpes, served as the recording studio for [[Deep Purple]]'s record [[Machine Head (album)|Machine Head]], and the Villa Karma are listed as Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage site of national significance]]. The entire urban village of Territet / Veytaux as well as the Caux, Montreux and Villas Dubochet areas are all part of the [[Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html |title=Kantonsliste A-Objekte |year=2009 |work=KGS Inventar |publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection |language=de |access-date=25 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html |archive-date=28 June 2010}}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed">
File:Chateauchatelard.jpg|Châtelard Castle
File:Fairmont Le Montreux-Palace.jpg|Hôtel [[Montreux Palace]]
File:Montreux, Marché couvert, vue d'ensemble.jpg|Marché couvert
File:Territethoteldesalpes.jpg|The [[Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel|Grand Hôtel de Territet]], formerly Hôtel des Alpes
</gallery>

==Twin towns==
Montreux is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with the towns of
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Menton]], [[France]] 
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Wiesbaden]], [[Germany]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20120718063352/http://www.asccre.ch/N208/vaud-waadt-vaud/?M=229 Conseil des Communes et Regions d'Europe] {{in lang|fr}} accessed 27 April 2011</ref><ref name="Wiesbaden twinning">{{cite web |url=http://www.wiesbaden.de/leben-in-wiesbaden/stadtportrait/partnerstaedte/index.php |title=Wiesbaden's international city relations |access-date=24 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213073526/http://www.wiesbaden.de/leben-in-wiesbaden/stadtportrait/partnerstaedte/index.php |archive-date=13 February 2013}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Chiba (city)|Chiba]], [[Japan]]<ref name=International>{{cite web |url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=12&n=Chiba%20Prefecture |title=International Exchange |work=List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures |publisher=Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) |language=en |access-date=21 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204202/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=12&n=Chiba%20Prefecture |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

==Politics==
{{See also|List of mayors of Montreux}}

In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] which received 22.11% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (21.97%), the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (16.06%) and the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (13.49%). In the federal election, a total of 4,473 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 39.7%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514211354/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html |date=2015-05-14 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>

==Economy==
{{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Montreux had an unemployment rate of 6.9%. {{as of|2008}}, there were 70 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 27 businesses involved in this sector. 1,165 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 174 businesses in this sector. 9,290 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 999 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 10,202 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.1% of the workforce.

{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 8,991. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 55, of which 31 were in agriculture, 17 were in forestry or lumber production and 6 were in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,118 of which 403 or (36.0%) were in manufacturing and 708 (63.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 7,818. In the tertiary sector; 1,296 or 16.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 439 or 5.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 1,311 or 16.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 70 or 0.9% were in the information industry, 564 or 7.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 458 or 5.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 943 or 12.1% were in education and 1,591 or 20.4% were in health care.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-12-25 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 4,949 workers who commuted into the municipality and 4,964 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 2.3% of the workforce coming into Montreux are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.0% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070804051358/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=2007-08-04 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 22.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 50.9% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>

==Religion==
[[File:Picswiss VD-45-20.jpg|thumb|upright|St. Vincent church in Montreux]]
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 8,557 or 38.1% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 6,438 or 28.7% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 745 [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|members of an Orthodox church]] (or about 3.32% of the population), there were 18 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belonged to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic Church]], and there were 925 individuals (or about 4.12% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 73 individuals (or about 0.33% of the population) who were [[Judaism|Jewish]], and 1,031 (or about 4.59% of the population) who were [[Muslim]]. There were 80 individuals who were [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], 171 individuals who were [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and 90 individuals who belonged to another church. 2,796 (or about 12.45% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 1,941 individuals (or about 8.64% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>

==Education==
In Montreux about 7,464 (33.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 3,171 or (14.1%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a {{Lang|de|[[Fachhochschule]]}}). Of the 3,171 who completed tertiary schooling, 39.8% were Swiss men, 25.3% were Swiss women, 19.8% were non-Swiss men and 15.1% were non-Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 2,106 students in the Montreux school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.<ref>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomId=1990 Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075019/http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomId=1990 |date=2016-03-04 }} {{in lang|fr}} accessed 2 May 2011</ref> 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 1,056 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 931 students in those schools. There were also 119 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.<ref name=Vaud_Education>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2403 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425115309/http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2403 |date=2016-04-25 }} {{in lang|fr}} accessed 2 May 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 490 students in Montreux who came from another municipality, while 790 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>

===Public libraries===
Montreux is home to the ''Bibliothèque municipale de Montreux et Veytaux'' library. The library has ({{as of|2008|lc=on}}) 48,948 books or other media, and loaned out 99,490 items in the same year. It was open a total of 274 days with average of 28 hours per week during that year.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/02/data.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, list of libraries] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706231342/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/02/data.html |date=2015-07-06 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 14 May 2010</ref>

===Private schools===
The Riviera School or École Riviera, an international school, is in Montreux.<ref>"[http://ecole-riviera.ch/contact-us/?lang=en Contact] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202232947/http://ecole-riviera.ch/contact-us/?lang=en |date=2016-12-02 }}." Riviera School. Retrieved on March 6, 2016. "Avenue des Planches 25, 1820 Montreux"</ref>

Other local schools include [[Surval Montreux]] (an international [[All girls school|all girls]] [[boarding school]]) and [[St George's School in Switzerland]] (British international school, in [[Clarens, Switzerland|Clarens]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.stgeorges.ch/our-school/about-us |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=St. George's International School Switzerland |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026173527/https://www.stgeorges.ch/our-school/about-us |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boarding School in Switzerland for Girls {{!}} Surval Montreux |url=https://www.surval.ch/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=www.surval.ch |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026173527/https://www.surval.ch/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Institut Monte Rosa]], an international co-educational boarding school, is in [[Territet]].<ref>"{{cite web |url=http://www.monterosa.ch/en/Contact.html |title=Contacting our school &#124; Institut Monte Rosa - International School |access-date=2016-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322212052/http://www.monterosa.ch/en/Contact.html |archive-date=2016-03-22}}." [[Institut Monte Rosa]]. Retrieved on June 1st, 2016. "Avenue de Chillon 57, 1820 Montreux"</ref>
[http://smbs-montreux.ch/ Swiss Montreux Business School]

Private [[hospitality school]]s in the area include [[Swiss Hotel Management School]] (in [[Caux, Switzerland|Caux]]), [[Hotel Institute Montreux]] (Montreux), and [[Glion Institute of Higher Education]] ([[Glion]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hospitality Management School in Switzerland {{!}} Glion |url=https://www.glion.edu/locations/switzerland/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Glion Website |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026173523/https://www.glion.edu/locations/switzerland/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SHMS Caux Campus |url=https://www.shms.com/en/about-swiss-hotel-management-school/caux-campus/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Swiss Hotel Management School |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026173523/https://www.shms.com/en/about-swiss-hotel-management-school/caux-campus/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Transportation ==
[[File:2012-08-12 14-36-49 Switzerland Canton de Vaud Montreux 2h.JPG|thumb|right|The Montreux station building in 2012|alt=Wide three-story building]]
Montreux has three railway stations on the [[Simplon Railway|Simplon line]], {{rws|Clarens}}, {{rws|Territet}}, and {{rws|Montreux}}. The latter is also the western terminus of the [[Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway line|Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye]] and [[Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line]]s, both of which climb into the hills away from [[Lake Geneva]] and have several dozen stations within Montreux.<ref>{{Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz|pages=72–73}}</ref>

== Culture ==
Montreux was a haven for Catherine Barkley and Lt. Frederic Henry in Ernest Hemingway's classic novel ''[[A Farewell to Arms]]''.

Montreux hosts several festivals:
* The Septembre musical de Montreux, founded in 1946 and held every year since then.
* [https://www.montreuxcelebration.com/ Freddie Celebration Days] — Montreux Celebration is organising this major and entirely free event in Montreux around September 5, the birthday of [https://www.montreuxcelebration.com/en-2-freddie-mercury-and-montreux.html Freddie Mercury], late singer of the band Queen.
* The [[Montreux Jazz Festival]], held annually in July since 1967. It is held at the [[Montreux Convention Centre]], built in 1973, and has become a global phenomenon.
* The Golden Rose Festival, annually in spring (1961–2003), which awarded the [[Golden Rose of Montreux]], an international award for television.
* The Golden Award of Montreux, annually in April, is traditionally, since 1989, the first international advertising and multimedia Competition in Europe – starting the global season for awarding creative excellence.

Montreux has a walking trail along the lake, stretching from [[Villeneuve, Vaud|Villeneuve]] to Vevey. The main square of the town, Place du Marché, features a statue of Freddie Mercury facing Lake Geneva. Some of the numerous small cities around Montreux include La Tour-de-Peilz, and Villeneuve. The [[Château of Chillon]] has views over Lake of Geneva and can be accessed via bus, train, walk or boat.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

[[Deep Purple]] traveled to Montreux in December 1971 to record ''[[Machine Head (album)|Machine Head]]''. The band's song "[[Smoke on the Water]]" tells of the events of December 1971, when a [[Frank Zappa]] fan with a flare gun set the [[Montreux Casino]] on fire, destroying the casino where they had originally planned to record the album. Thanks to [[Claude Nobs]], who eventually arranged alternate locations, the [[Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel|Grand Hôtel de Territet]] was where almost the entirety of the album was created and recorded, except for "Smoke on the Water" which had already been partly recorded at the "Le Petit Palais", formerly called "Le Pavilion". Deep Purple again returned in 1973 to record ''[[Burn (Deep Purple album)|Burn]]''. The Montreux Casino was reopened in 1975, and later a monument commemorating Deep Purple and their song "Smoke on the Water" was built along the lake shore, with the band's name, the song title, and the riff in musical notes. However, the only other memorial dedicated to the band's song that can be found nowadays in Montreux, is a small plaque placed outside the back entrance of the former [[Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel|Grand Hôtel de Territet]].

[[The Dubliners]]'s song "Montreux Monto" on their album ''Live at Montreux'' was recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1976.

[[File:View of Montreux town from Montreux railway station.jpg|thumb|250px|View of Montreux town from [[Montreux railway station]]]]

Montreux is the home of [[Mountain Studios]], the recording studio used by several artists. "[[Bonzo's Montreux]]" by [[Led Zeppelin]] is named after the city where the drums session of [[John Bonham]] was recorded in 1976. In 1978, the band [[Queen band|Queen]] bought the studio. It was then sold to Queen producer David Richards. In 2002, the Mountain Studios was converted into a bar as part of a complete renovation of the studio. David Richards has left Montreux to settle down somewhere else. Queen also appeared in 1984 and in 1986 at the Golden Rose Festival and Queen guitarist [[Brian May]] appeared in 2001 at the Jazz Festival. Montreux was also the subject of the 1995 Queen single "[[A Winter's Tale (Queen song)|A Winter's Tale]]" on the album ''[[Made in Heaven]]'', one of Freddie's last songs before his death on 24 November 1991. The album cover features the statue of Mercury beside the lake.

In 1990, the [[Wakker Prize]] for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage was awarded to Montreux.<ref>[http://www.heimatschutz.ch/index.php?id=1041&L= Swiss Heritage Society, Wakker Prize] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706233915/http://www.heimatschutz.ch/index.php?id=1041&L= |date=2011-07-06 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 9 May 2009</ref>

The [[Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports]] was founded in Montreux in 1924. [[Montreux HC]], the oldest roller hockey club in Switzerland (founded in 1911) is based in Montreux.

The [[symphonic metal]] band [[Ad Infinitum (symphonic metal band)|Ad Infinitum]] was founded in Montreux.

==Notable residents==
[[File:Freddie Mercury Statue Montreux.jpg|140px|thumb|upright|Freddie Mercury statue]]
[[File:Dame Joan Sutherland, by Allan Warren.jpg|140px|thumb|Dame Joan Sutherland, 1975]]
[[File:Porträt des Komponisten Pjotr I. Tschaikowski (1840-1893).jpg|thumb|140px|Pyotr Iliych Tchaikovsky]]
* [[Claude Abravanel]] (1924–2012), a pianist and composer of classical music
* [[Ian Anderson (musician)|Ian Anderson]] (born 1947), Scottish musician, frontman of [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026815/   IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408153013/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026815/ |date=2018-04-08 }} retrieved 23 December 2018</ref>
* [[Jim Beach]] (born 1942), the manager of the British rock band [[Queen (band)|Queen]] 
* [[Alain Bernheim]] (born 1931), former musician now Masonic researcher
* [[David Bowie]] (1947–2016), British musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/turn-and-face-the-strange_david-bowie--the-swiss-years/41886858 |title=David Bowie: the Swiss years |first=swissinfo.ch and agencies, swissinfo.ch and |last=agencies |website=swissinfo.ch |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=29 April 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010143432/http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/turn-and-face-the-strange_david-bowie--the-swiss-years/41886858 |archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000309/   IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226202634/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000309/ |date=2018-12-26 }} retrieved 23 December 2018</ref>
* [[Sergei Aleksandrovich Buturlin]] (1872–1938), Russian ornithologist
* [[Noël Coward]] (1899–1973), English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002021/   IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130104716/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002021/ |date=2018-11-30 }} retrieved 23 December 2018</ref>
* [[A. J. Cronin]] (1896–1981), Scottish novelist and physician<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188743/   IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228073034/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188743/ |date=2018-12-28 }} retrieved 23 December 2018</ref>
* [[Laurent Dufaux]] (born 1969), Swiss cyclist
* [[Zelda Fitzgerald]] (1900–1948), wife of American author [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]
* [[Douglas Jardine]] (1900–1958), cricketer, 22 Test matches for England, captain 15 times.
* [[Patrick Juvet]] (1950–2021), a model turned singer-songwriter<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0433334/   IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104162434/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0433334/ |date=2019-01-04 }} retrieved 23 December 2018</ref>
* [[Oskar Kokoschka]] (1886–1980), an Austrian poet, playwright and [[Expressionism|expressionistic]] artist
* Baron [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]] (1867–1951), Finnish statesman
* [[Georg von Manteuffel-Szoege|Georg Baron von Manteuffel-Szoege]] (1889–1962) a German politician
* [[Freddie Mercury]] (1946–1991), British musician, lead singer of [[Queen (band)|Queen]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006198/   IMDb Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221052727/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006198/ |date=2018-12-21 }} retrieved 23 December 2018</ref>
* [[Vladimir Nabokov]] (1899–1977), a Russian-born novelist, poet, translator and entomologist
* [[Claude Nobs]] (1939–2013), Swiss founder of [[Montreux Jazz Festival]]
* [[Clément Novalak]] (born 2000), French-Swiss racing driver
* [[Luc Plamondon]] (born 1942), French-Canadian lyricist
* [[Bezalel Rakow]] (1927–2003) an orthodox rabbi of [[Gateshead]]’s Jewish community
* [[Uri Rosenthal]] (born 1945), Dutch politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] 2010–2012
* Dame [[Joan Sutherland]], OM, AC, DBE (1926–2010), Australian opera singer
* [[Horst Tappe]] (1938–2005), German photographer of creative artists, writers and philosophers 
* [[Tchaikovsky|Pyotr Iliych Tchaikovsky]] (1840–1893), Russian composer
* [[J. B. van Heutsz|Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz]] (1851–1924), Governor General of Dutch East Indies
* [[Jean Villard]] (1895–1982) a chansonnier, poet, comedian, actor and cabaretist. 
* [[Rick Wakeman]] (born 1949), English keyboardist (Yes)
* [[Franz Weber (activist)|Franz Weber]] (1927-2019), an environmentalist and animal welfare activist
* [[Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg]] (1884–1966), a Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi, [[posek]], and [[rosh yeshiva]] 
* [[Weltin Wolfinger]] (1926–2010), a Liechtenstein bobsledder, competed in the [[1956 Winter Olympics]] 
* [[Ardeshir Zahedi]] (1928–2021), former Iranian foreign minister and son-in-law of [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah of Iran]]
* [[Fazlollah Zahedi]] (1892–1963), former Iranian Prime Minister of [[Iran]]

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
Freddie Mercury Statue - Montreux.jpg|Freddie Mercury statue at sunset in Montreux.
LakeGenevaMontreux.jpg|Southwest view over the Lake Geneva from Montreux.
Joseph Mallord William Turner 013.jpg|Lake Geneva as seen from Montreux, [[Joseph Mallord William Turner]], 1810
Montreux 1 um 1900.jpg|Montreux 1900
Montreux 2 um 1900.jpg|Another angle of Montreux 1900
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[1934 Montreux Fascist conference]]
* [[Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons}}
{{Wikivoyage}}
* {{official website|www.montreux.ch}}
* [http://www.montreuxriviera.com Montreux-Vevey Tourisme] official website of Montreux Riviera Tourist Office
* {{HDS|2617|author=Evelyne Lüthi-Graf|date=2017-06-15}}
* {{HDS|7564|Planches, Les}}
* {{HDS|3327|Châtelard, Le (VD)}}
* [http://www.montreuxjazz.com/ Official site of the Montreux Jazz Festival]
* [http://www.gillan.com/wordography-17.html Deep Purple's Ian Gillan write-up on the Flare Gun incident and subsequent song]
* [http://www.promove.ch/ Promove] Official site of the Economical Promotion of Montreux-Vevey
* [https://www.europaporsiempre.com/Montreux.html Most beautiful small towns of Europe]

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