Vevay, Or Vevey (Anc. Vibisciim), a town of Switzerland, in the canton of Vaud, 10 m. S. E. of Lausanne; pop. in 1870, 7,881, chiefly Protestants. It is beautifully situated at the mouth of the gorge of the Veveyse, on the N. E. margin of the lake of Geneva opposite a range of mountains, is built in a triangular form, and has a large market place lined with fine buildings. St. Martin's church contains the tombs of the regicide Ludlow and of Broughton, who read the death sentence to Charles I. The other principal church is St. Clara's, and there is an English chapel. The corn magazine is remarkable for its marble pillars. A marble bridge spans the Veveyse, and the lake shore is provided with quays. Vevay is the centre of an active transit trade. A vintage festival, traced by some authorities to the worship of Bacchus in the days of the Romans, and by others to mediaeval monastic usages, is held at intervals of 15 or more years; the last was held in 1865. Vevay is associated with many celebrated personages, and especially with Jean Jacques Rousseau, whose favorite inn, in the Grande Place, has been converted into a coffee house.

The scenery increases in magnificence within a few miles N. E. of Vevay, and attracts in summer multitudes of tourists, not a few of whom become permanent residents in consequence of the fine climate and the cheapness of living.