La Tour-de-Peilz
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| La Tour-de-Peilz | |
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| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Vaud |
| District | Vevey |
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| Population | 10,435 (2004) |
| - Density | 3,172 /km² (8,215 /sq.mi.) |
| Area | 3.29 km² (1.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 382 m (1,253 ft) |
| Postal code | 1814 |
| SFOS number | 5889 |
| Mayor | Nicole Rimella |
| Demonym | Les Boélands Lè Verra |
| Localities | Burier |
| Surrounded by | Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, Blonay, Montreux, Vevey |
| Twin towns | Ornans (France), Thalwil (Switzerland) |
| Website | www.la-tour-de-peilz.ch |
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La Tour-de-Peilz is a municipality in the district of Vevey in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The city is located on Lake Geneva between Montreux and Vevey (agglomeration: 100'000).
[edit] Persons connected to
- The painter Gustave Courbet died here in 1877.
- The cellist Dimitry Markevitch was born here in 1923.
- The novelist A.J. Cronin is buried there.
- Singers Phil Collins and Shania Twain have chateaux there.
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