Clarens, Switzerland

Clarens is a district of the city of Montreux in Romandie, Switzerland. It lies on the alluvial fan of Bach's Baye de Clarens.

The anarchist and geographer Élisée Reclus (1830-1905) lived from about 1872 in Clarens.

The composer Igor Stravinsky wrote here the ballet Le sacre du printemps (1913) and Pulcinella (1919). Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in March 1878 in Clarens his only Violin Concerto, Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35th

Paul Kruger, the hero of the independence of South Africa, died in Clarens.

Vladimir Nabokov is buried in Clarens, after he had lived with his wife for many years in the Hotel Montreux Palace in Montreux and died there.

Castle Châtelard in the immediate vicinity of the district Tavel Clarens

Traffic

Clarens situated on Lake Geneva and is served by the ships of the Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman ( CGN).

By Clarens runs the trolleybus line 201 Vevey- Montreux -Villeneuve - Cillon the same transport company of public transport. In addition, Clarens has a stop on the railway line of the Swiss Federal Railways ( SBB) from Lausanne to Brig (Simplon line), which is served by two lines of the S -Bahn Léman.

From 1911 to 1956 also the Clarens - Chailly- Blonay -Bahn (CCB ) of Clarens wrong about Chailly and Fontanivent to Blonay. Today, the transport company Vevey- Montreux- Chillon -Villeneuve ( VMCV ) powered car bus travel on the same route 214.