Vevay, or VEVEY

Vevay, or VEVEY (Ger. Vivis), a Swiss town in the canton of Vaud, a favourite health-resort, remarkable for the beauty of its situation on the north shore of the Lake of Geneva, 11 miles E. of Lausanne by rail. It stands at the mouth of the gorge of the Vevay. From the elevations about the town the fine view to the east commands the valley of the Rhone, backed by the magnificent rampart of the Alps of Valais. In the church of St Martin (date 1498) Ludlow, one of Charles I.'s judges, and Broughton, who read to him his sentence of death, are buried. There is some trade in milk, cheese, and wine; and Vevay cigars are largely made and exported. Pop. 8144.