Montreux

Montreux, a group of villages on the north shore of the Lake of Geneva, 15 miles by rail SE. of Lausanne. The name properly belongs to one small hamlet, but is popularly extended so as to include the adjoining villages of Clarens, Vernex, Veytaux, &c., with a population of 8019. The beautiful situation and mild climate of 'the Swiss Nice' attract many invalids to the place, which abounds with hotels and pensions. Near it is the castle of Chillon. See Steiger's Der Kurort Montreux (Zur. 1886).