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In short
Vevey is a town of 20,147 people on Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud, between Lausanne and Montreux. French is the local language, and 39.5% of residents had foreign citizenship at the end of 2025. Arrivals are reported to the Office de la population within 8 days; direct trains reach Lausanne in 14 to 16 minutes.
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Vevey in figures
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- Residents
- 20,147
- permanent resident population
- 31 Dec 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP (opens in a new tab)
- Foreign residents
- 39.5%
- 7,955 residents without Swiss citizenship
- 31 Dec 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP (opens in a new tab)
- Communal tax rate
- 74.5%
- coefficient communal, in % of the cantonal base tax
- 2026 · État de Vaud (opens in a new tab)
- Vacancy rate
- 0.33%
- 37 empty homes (Switzerland: 0.84%)
- 1 June 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO) (opens in a new tab)
- Monthly pass, one zone
- CHF 71
- Mobilis fare network, adult, 2nd class
- 2026, until 12 Dec · Mobilis, Communauté tarifaire vaudoise (opens in a new tab)
- Registration deadline
- 8 days
- after arrival, at the Office de la population
- 2026 · Ville de Vevey, Office de la population (opens in a new tab)
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How do you register when you move to Vevey?
Vevey's residents' office (Office de la population) is at Rue du Lac 2. Under the Vaud law of 9 May 1983 on residents' control, an arrival is reported within 8 days, in person at the counter or through the city's online counter. Registration as a main residence costs CHF 30 per adult and CHF 15 per minor.
The city applies the eight-day deadline of the Vaud law on residents' control(vevey.ch, checked ). Landlords and letting agencies report every tenant moving in or out on official forms, but this does not replace the resident's own report. A resident who is not named on the lease brings a declaration from the host authorising the stay, a copy of the host's lease and an identity document(vevey.ch, checked ).
The office provides separate arrival forms for EU/EFTA citizens and for citizens of other countries arriving from abroad(vevey.ch, checked ). The general steps are in registering at your commune and the permit types in Swiss permits B, L and C.
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What is Vevey like to live in?
Vevey is a French-speaking town in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district of Vaud, on the shore of Lake Geneva. It had 20,147 residents at the end of 2025, 39.5% of them foreign nationals. Direct trains reach Lausanne in 14 to 16 minutes, and local buses are part of the Mobilis fare network.
Housing is tight: on 1 June 2026, 37 homes stood empty, a vacancy rate of 0.33% against 0.84% for Switzerland, down from 0.79% a year earlier(FSO vacancy count, checked ). Search services are listed under apartment search in Vevey.
Direct RE and IR trains reach Lausanne in 14 to 16 minutes and regional trains in 19 to 22 minutes on a weekday morning (October 2026 timetable)(Swiss timetable, checked ); the Lausanne page covers the wider region, and the neighbouring commune has its own Montreux page. In the Mobilis fare network, a monthly adult pass costs CHF 71 for one zone and CHF 78 for two zones in 2nd class(Mobilis, checked ).
For 2026, Vevey's communal tax rate is 74.5% of the cantonal base tax(vd.ch, checked ); the canton levies its own rate of 155% on the same base(ESTV, checked ).
What else do people ask about living in Vevey?
When do I have to register in Vevey?
Within 8 days of arriving, at the Office de la population, Rue du Lac 2, or through the city's online counter.
How long is the train from Vevey to Lausanne?
14 to 16 minutes on direct RE and IR trains, according to the October 2026 timetable.
Sources
Last checked by the expat-services.ch editorial team
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP Permanent and non permanent resident population by year, canton, district, commune, population type, citizenship (category), sex and age (opens in a new tab)
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO) Logements vacants au 1er juin, dans les communes de plus de 5000 habitants (opens in a new tab)
- État de Vaud Arrêtés d'imposition 2026: taux des impôts communaux (opens in a new tab)
- Federal Tax Administration (ESTV) Steuerfüsse in den Kantonshauptorten 2026, natürliche Personen (opens in a new tab)
- Mobilis, Communauté tarifaire vaudoise Tarifs Mobilis : Options et Abonnements Vaud (opens in a new tab)
- Ville de Vevey, Office de la population Formalités d'arrivée (opens in a new tab)
- transport.opendata.ch (Swiss public transport timetable) Connections Vevey to Lausanne, 22 Oct 2026 from 08:00 (opens in a new tab)
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