Clarens-Montreux or Clarens is a neighborhood in the municipality of
Montreux, in the canton of
Vaud, in Switzerland. This neighborhood is the biggest and most populated of the city of
Montreux.
Élisée Reclus (1830–1905), renowned French geographer, writer and
anarchist; resided in Clarens from 1872[1]
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), the Russian composer of the Romantic period, wrote his
Violin Concerto in Clarens in 1878; it is one of the best known violin concertos ever written.
Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916), the Yiddish classic writer, resided in Clarens in 1912.
Died in Clarens
David Urquhart (1805–1877), Scottish diplomat, writer and politician, MP for
Stafford 1847 to 1852, introduced the Turkish bath to Britain; lived in Clarens from 1864 and is buried here.[2][3]
Johannes van Laar (1860–1938), Dutch chemist who is best known for the equations regarding chemical activity (Van Laar equation).
Buried in Clarens
Sydney Chaplin (1885–1965), English actor and the elder half-brother of Sir
Charlie Chaplin. He died in
Nice and was buried in Clarens.
Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980), Austrian artist, poet and playwright of expressionistic portraits and landscapes, lived in Montreux from 1947 to 1980, where he died. He is buried in Clarens.
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), Russian-born novelist, poet, translator and entomologist; in 1961 he and Véra moved from the United States to Montreux, where he subsequently died. He is buried in Clarens.