Vevey

Summary

Vevey is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Vevey ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (656 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vevey is located in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District^[3].
• Vevey is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Vevey is on the body of water Lake Geneva^[5].
• Vevey's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[6].
• Vevey's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[7].
• Vevey's official language is recorded as French^[8].
• Vevey's shares border with is recorded as Corsier-sur-Vevey^[9].
• Vevey's twinned administrative body is recorded as Carpentras^[10].
• Vevey's twinned administrative body is recorded as Müllheim im Markgräflerland^[11].
• Vevey's twinned administrative body is recorded as Locarno^[12].
• Vevey's postal code is recorded as 1800^[13].
• Vevey is part of Métropole lémanique^[14].
• Vevey's Commons category is recorded as Vevey^[15].
• Vevey's licence plate code is recorded as VD^[16].
• Vevey's local dialing code is recorded as 021^[17].
• Vevey's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.466666666667, 'lon': 6.85}^[18].
• Vevey's official website is recorded as http://www.vevey.ch^[19].
• Vevey's IPA transcription is recorded as [və.vɛ]^[20].
• Vevey's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vevey^[21].
• Vevey has a population of {'amount': '+19780'}^[22].
• Vevey has a population of {'amount': '+19827'}^[23].
• Vevey has a population of {'amount': '+19891'}^[24].
• Vevey has a population of {'amount': '+19453'}^[25].
• Vevey has a population of {'amount': '+19220'}^[26].
• Vevey has a population of {'amount': '+18906'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Vevey is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. Vevey is located in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District^[3]. Vevey is on the body of water Lake Geneva^[5]. Vevey is part of Métropole lémanique^[14].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+19780'}^[22], {'amount': '+19827'}^[23], {'amount': '+19891'}^[24], {'amount': '+19453'}^[25], {'amount': '+19220'}^[26], and {'amount': '+18906'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[6] and city of Switzerland^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Vevey include Vevay^[28], a town in the United States^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1800^[31].

Why It Matters

Vevey ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (656 views/month).^[2] Vevey has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Vevey is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Vevey include Vevay^[28], a town in the United States^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1800^[31].