- La Tour-de-Peilz
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = La Tour-de-Peilz
municipality_name = La Tour-de-Peilz
municipality_type = city
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languages = French
canton = Vaud
iso-code-region = CH-VD
district = Vevey
lat_d=46|lat_m=27|lat_NS=N|long_d=06|long_m=52|long_EW=E
postal_code = 1814
municipality_code = 5889
area = 3.29
elevation = 382|elevation_description=
population = 10435|populationof=2004
website = www.la-tour-de-peilz.ch
mayor = Nicole Rimella|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
mayor_title = |list_of_mayors =
places =Burier
demonym = Les Boélands
Lè Verra
neighboring_municipalities=Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz ,Blonay ,Montreux ,Vevey
twintowns =Ornans (France),Thalwil (Switzerland)|La Tour-de-Peilz is a municipality in the district of Vevey in the canton of
Vaud inSwitzerland . The city is located onLake Geneva betweenMontreux andVevey (agglomeration: 100'000).Notable people
* The painter
Gustave Courbet died there in 1877.
*Prince Adalbert of Prussia died there in 1948.
*Princess Adelheid of Saxe-Meiningen died there in 1971.
* The cellistDimitry Markevitch was born there in 1923.
* The novelistA.J. Cronin is buried there.
* SingersPhil Collins andShania Twain have chateaux there.
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