Montreux

E81869
municipality town

Montreux is a picturesque resort town in southwestern Switzerland, renowned for its lakeside promenade, mild microclimate, and the annual Montreux Jazz Festival.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Montreux Jazz Festival (in nearby Montreux) 1
municipality of Montreux 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
climateClassification oceanic to humid subtropical transition ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
economicActivity hospitality sector ⓘ
tourism industry ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 390 metres ⓘ
governingBody Municipal Council of Montreux ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation jazz ⓘ
music ⓘ
hasFestival Montreux Jazz Festival ⓘ
hasLandmark Freddie Mercury statue ⓘ
hasMicroclimate mild ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Chillon Castle ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic popular with tourists ⓘ
hasPromenade Montreux lakeside promenade ⓘ
hasTwinTown Ascona ⓘ
Cascais, Portugal ⓘ
surface form: Cascais

Chiba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Katerini ⓘ
Locarno ⓘ
Menton ⓘ
Plovdiv ⓘ
Wiesbaden NERFINISHED ⓘ
hostsEvent Montreux Jazz Festival every summer ⓘ
isTouristDestinationType resort town ⓘ
knownFor Montreux Jazz Festival ⓘ
lakeside promenade ⓘ
mild climate ⓘ
resort hotels ⓘ
scenic views of Lake Geneva ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
languageOfficial French ⓘ
locatedIn Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut District ⓘ
surface form: Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut district

canton of Vaud NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Romandy ⓘ
surface form: French-speaking Switzerland

Romandy ⓘ
locatedNear Alps ⓘ
locatedOn Lake Geneva ⓘ
locatedOnShoreOf Lake Geneva northern shore ⓘ
locatedOnTransportRoute A9 motorway ⓘ
Jura-Simplon-Bahn ⓘ
surface form: Simplon railway line
partOf Riviera vaudoise ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Riviera
postalCode 1820 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Geneva → bordersCity → Montreux ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montreux Jazz Festival (in nearby Montreux)
subject surface form: Lausanne
Clarens, Switzerland → partOf → Montreux ⓘ
this entity surface form: municipality of Montreux