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Fork of Vevey (French: La Fourchette de Vevey) is an 8-metre-tall (26 ft), 1.3-metre-wide (4.3 ft) stainless steel fork on the shore of Lake Geneva in Vevey, Switzerland. Fork of Vevey is a part of the Alimentarium, a Vevey-based museum with a permanent exhibition on food and Nestlé's history. [1] [2]
The municipalities of Blonay, Chardonne, Corseaux, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Jongny, Montreux, Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, La Tour-de-Peilz, Vevey and Veytaux came from the Vevey district (District de Vevey). [5] On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Blonay and Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz merged into the new municipality of Blonay - Saint-Légier.
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The origin of the Fête des Vignerons lies in the processions of the Vevey Confrérie des Vignerons. These processions are believed to have started in the Middle Ages. [9] At that time, the Confrérie des Vignerons was called the Abbaye de l'Agriculture. [9] In 1647 the Abbaye de l'Agriculture was only a small association.
The Hôtel des Trois Couronnes is a hotel in Vevey, Switzerland. It was built in 1842 on the ruins of the "Belles Truches" castle, built in 1376 (1). This building once destroyed left the place to a hotel built by Philippe Franel and inaugurated on May 3, 1842 (3) under the name "Hôtel Monnet" (3), the name of its owner back then.
The Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez Railway (NStCM), French: Chemin de fer Nyon–Saint-Cergue–Morez, is a narrow gauge railway in western Switzerland which nowadays operates between Nyon, on the northern shore of Lake Geneva and the French border at La Cure, the La Cure–Morez section having closed in 1958.
On 1 January 1962 the former municipalities of Montreux-Châtelard and Montreux-Planches merged to form the new municipality of Montreux. On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Blonay, Chardonne, Corseaux, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Jongny, Montreux, Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, La Tour-de-Peilz, Vevey and Veytaux came from the District de Vevey to join the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District.
Mayor (Syndic) of Vevey; Term Mayor Lifespan Party Notes; 1799–1803 : L.-Ph. de Mellet: 1803–1806 : Et. du Fresne: 1806–1823 : Jean-Louis Couvreu de Dekersberg