Vevay
or VEVEY, a Swiss town in the canton of Vaud; a favorite health resort; remarkable for the beauty of its situation on the N. shore of Lake of Geneva; 11 miles E. of Lausanne. It stands at the mouth of the gorge of the the elevations about the town the fine view to the E. commands the valley of the Rhone, backed by the magnificent ramparts of the Alps of Valais. In the Church of St. Martin (date 1498) Ludlow, one of Charles I.'s judges, and Broughton, who read to him his sentence of death, are buried. There is some trade in milk, cheese, and wine; cigars are largely made and exported.
Pop. about 16,000.