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MONTREUX , the See also:

general name applied to the villages situated along the See also:shore at the See also:east of the See also:Lake of See also:Geneva in Switzer-See also:land, from Clarens to Veytaux: sometimes the name is specially given to Vernex only. These villages See also:form See also:part of 3 communes, those of Le Chatelard (including Clarens and Vernex) and of See also:Les Planches (including Territet), while a See also:bit (not Chillon) of that of Veytaux is alone included. The See also:total See also:population of this " agglomeration " was 14,144 in 1900, mostly See also:French-speaking, while there were 9730 Protestants to 4301 Romanists and 55 See also:Jews. There are railway stations at Clarens (15 M. See also:south-east of See also:Lausanne), at Vernex (2 m. on), and Territet (1 m. on, or m. from Veytaux, which is 14 m. See also:north of See also:Villeneuve), as well as an electric See also:tramway along the shore of the lake, and frequent communication over the lake by steamer. From Territet there is a See also:mountain railway past Glion and Caux nearly to the See also:top of the Rochers de Naye (67ro ft.), while from Vemex the Montreux-Bernese-Oberland railway mounts past Les Avants, pierces the See also:ridge of the See also:Col de Jaman by a See also:tunnel, and so reaches (14 M.) Montbovon in the See also:Gruyere portion of the upper Sarine valley. At first foreigners were attracted by the cheapness and See also:good See also:air of the region, added to the See also:grape cure. As the delights of clear, See also:cold See also:weather in See also:winter and of See also:tobogganing (here called " luging ") and skiing became appreciated, the higher hotels (such as Les Avants, Caux, Glion) were frequented at that See also:season, as well as at other times. It is stated that in 1902 31,473 foreigners (in 1903, 39,493) visited Montreux, 7634 being Germans, 7327 See also:English, and 5651 French. Montreux was not a See also:Roman See also:settlement, but otherwise its See also:history is similar to that of See also:Vevey.

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