La Tour de Peilz
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 La Tour-de-Peilz
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Location of La Tour-de-Peilz
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| Coordinates: 46°27′N 06°52′E / 46.450°N 6.867°ECoordinates: 46°27′N 06°52′E / 46.450°N 6.867°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Vaud | |
| District | Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut | |
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| • Mayor | Syndic (list) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 382 m (1,253 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2016) | ||
| • Total | 11,652 | |
| • Density | 3,600/km2 (9,300/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Les Boélands Lè Verra |
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| Postal code | 1814 | |
| SFOS number | 5889 | |
| Localities | Burier | |
| Surrounded by | Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, Blonay, Montreux, Vevey | |
| Twin towns | Ornans (France), Thalwil (Switzerland) | |
| Website |
www Profile (in French), SFSO statistics |
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La Tour-de-Peilz (French pronunciation: [latuʁdəpɛ]) is a municipality in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The city is located on Lake Geneva between Montreux and Vevey (the agglomeration counting some 100,000 inhabitants).
In the area Celt, Roman and Burgundian remains have been excavated. In the Middle Ages it was under the bishops of Sion and the counts of Geneva, until it was acquired by Savoy.
On 8 June 1476, after a heroic resistance, its inhabitants were massacred by mountain warriors from Haut-Simmental, led by the Bernese Niklaus Zurkinden. Later the canton of Bern conquered the village along with the rest of the region. It remained part of Bern until the foundation of the canton of Vaud in 1803.
La Tour-de-Peilz has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.2 square kilometers (1.2 sq mi). Of this area, 0.95 km2 (0.37 sq mi) or 29.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.15 km2 (0.058 sq mi) or 4.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.15 km2 (0.83 sq mi) or 66.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 46.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 13.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.6%. Out of the forested land, 1.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.5% is used for growing crops and 11.4% is pastures, while 15.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
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