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Montreux (môNtrö`), resort area (1990 pop. 22,917), on the northeast shore of the Lake of Geneva, Vaud canton, W Switzerland. It is composed of the communes of Le Châtelard, Les Planches, and Veytaux, which were merged in 1962. Montreux is a leading resort on the Lake of Geneva, and lies on a railway line from Geneva and France to Italy. MontreuxResort town (pop., 2000: 22,455), western Switzerland, on the eastern shore of Lake Geneva. It was formed by the merger in 1962 of the villages of Le Châtelard, Les Planches, and Veytaux. The nearby 13th-century Château de Chillon was made famous by Lord Byron's poem “Prisoner of Chillon.” It hosts a popular annual jazz festival. Montreux a town and resort in W Switzerland, in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva annual television festival. Pop.: 22 454 (2000) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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During a year at the school, he studied fine French cooking and interned as an assistant chef at Eurotel, in Montreux, Switzerland. Mountain House, the Initiatives of Change conference centre in Caux, near Montreux, Switzerland, stands for the belief that the good society will only be built as we recognize our need as individual human beings to choose between good and evil. A panel of executives, gathered at the XL Capital Congress 2003--Thought Leadership for a World at Risk--in Montreux, Switzerland, explored the new world of risk, including the problem of maintaining underwriting discipline. |
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