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See also: town in the Swiss See also: canton of See also: Vaud and near the eastern extremity of the Lake of See also: Geneva
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It is by See also: rail 12 m
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S.E. of See also: Lausanne or 31 M
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N.W. of the Vernex-See also: Montreux railway station, while it is well served by steamers plying over the Lake of Geneva
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In 'goo it had a population of 11,781, of whom 8878 were French-speaking, while there were 8277 Protestants to 3424 Romanists and 56 Jews
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It is the second town in point of population in the canton, coming next after Lausanne, though inferior to the " agglomeration " known as Montreux
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It stands at the mouth of the Veveyse and commands See also: fine views of the snowy mountains seen over the glassy See also: surface of the lake
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The whole of the surrounding
country is covered with vineyards, which (with the entertainment of See also: foreign visitors) occupy the inhabitants
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Every twenty years or so (last in 1889 and 1905) the Fete See also: des Vignerons is held here by an See also: ancient gild of vinedressers, and attracts much See also: attention
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Besides a railway See also: line that joins the Montreux-Bernese Oberland line at Chamby (5 M. from See also: Vevey and It m_ below See also: Les Avants) there is a funicular railway from Vevey up the Mont Merin (3557 ft.) to the See also: north-west
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Vevey was a See also: Roman See also: settlement [Viviscus] and later formed See also: part of the See also: barony of Vaud, that was held by the See also: counts and See also: dukes of See also: Savoy till 1536, when it was conquered by See also: Bern
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In 1798 it was freed from Bernese See also: rule and became part of the canton du Leman (renamed canton de Vaud in 1803) of the Helvetic Republic
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