Chexbres
Sign in to saveChexbres ( ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. Chexbres is a wine-growing village and enjoys a good selection of local vintages. It also enjoys notable views of Lake Geneva, and therefore is nicknamed "Balcon du Léman" in French.
Key facts
- Swiss town.canton
- Vaud
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Chexbres
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Chexbres COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Chexbres Flag.svg
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Lavaux5.JPG
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VD
- Swiss town.district
- Lavaux
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1071
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5601
- Swiss town.area
- 2.14
- Swiss town.elevation
- 589
- Swiss town.population
- 2031
- Swiss town.populationof
- 2000
- Swiss town.website
- www.chexbres.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Jean-Michel Conne
- Swiss town.demonym
- Les Chexbriens
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Puidoux, Rivaz, Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux)
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Chexbres ( ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. Chexbres is a wine-growing village and enjoys a good selection of local vintages. It also enjoys notable views of Lake Geneva, and therefore is nicknamed "Balcon du Léman" in French.
==History== thumb|left|Aerial view from 800 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919) The municipality of Chexbres was already inhabited in Roman times, and a single wall remains and coins have been found. The first written mention of the place appeared in 1139 under the name Chexbres. In the ensuing period many other names: Chibriacum (1100), Chabris (1134), Chabre (1142), Cabarissa (1145), Cerbre (1147), Chebra (1165), Chabrii (1179), Chabre (1221), Chaibri (1248), Chaibry (1368), Chebry (1453), Cheibri (1454) and even to 1562, both Chaybres and Cheybres appeared. The origin of the name is not clearly understood. It could be derived from the Roman personal names Cabrius, from the Gallic words Caebre (meaning city on a hill) or from Cabus (hemp).