* The Swedish arts patron and collector Theodor Ahrenberg ( 1912 – 1989 ) settled in with his family in 1962 in the villa " Le Rocher " in Chexbres, where he continued his collecting activities.

Chexbres is located at above sea level, east-southeast of the capital of the canton of Lausanne ( as the crow flies ).

Crêt Bérard at above sea level is the highest point of Chexbres.

Communists governed Yugoslavia, and Korbel was concerned his daughter would be indoctrinated with Marxist ideology in a Yugoslav school, so she was taught by a governess and later sent to the Prealpina Institut pour Jeunes Filles in Chexbres, on Lake Geneva in Switzerland.

The municipality was part of the Lavaux District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Chexbres became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.

The Church of Chexbres was built in 1888 on the site of a former chapel.

View from Chexbres toward VeveyThe Fishers sailed to Holland on a small Dutch passenger freighter, and from there took a train to Vevey.

Image: Ferdinand Hodler 003. jpg | Lake Geneva as seen from Chexbres, 1905, oil on canvas

Chexbres is a wine-growing village and enjoys a good selection of local vintages.

Chexbres was until the early 20th century, a primarily agricultural village.

Chexbres is a municipality in the Swiss canton Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux.

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.

The area around Chexbres was owned from the 6th century by the abbey of Saint Maurice and in 978 came under the Kingdom of Burgundy.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Chexbres came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne.

Chexbres has an area,, of.

Chexbres has a population () of.

Of the population in the municipality 424 or about 20. 8 % were born in Chexbres and lived there in 2000.

The age distribution,, in Chexbres is ; 199 children or 9. 6 % of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 198 teenagers or 9. 6 % are between 10 and 19.

The trade of Chexbres is principally with daily consumer goods and to provide for tourists.

Chexbres also features a heated swimming pool.

, Chexbres had an unemployment rate of 3. 8 %.

Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces is located in Chexbres.

* Chexbres also gained popularity through numerous landscapes of the Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler, known for his paintings of the south-facing slopes of the Lavaux and Lake Geneva.

It is part of the Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area within the Greater Sacramento CSA, and includes a hamlet historically named Stafford.

( 1 jan. 2010 ) The municipality includes the hamlet of't Zand.

It also includes the hamlet of t ' Haantje.

The town includes the hamlet of Cushman, which is located on the Connecticut River, opposite Gilman, Vermont.

Millburn also includes the hamlet of Short Hills.

The CDP includes the adjacent hamlet of Alplaus.

The Bay Shore CDP also includes the hamlet of North Bay Shore.

It also includes the hamlet of Sart-Moulin, the inverted name of which inspired Hergé ’ s Moulinsart castle.

The civil parish includes the hamlet of Shellbrook west of the town.

In the 2001 census the parish of Long Buckby ( which includes the hamlet of Long Buckby Wharf ) had a population of exactly 4, 000.

The parish includes Kirkby Green, a hamlet to the east of Scopwick.

The Town also includes the hamlet of Rhinecliff, which has an Amtrak station, Rhinecliff-Kingston ( Amtrak station ), with service to Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Albany and New York City.

The School District of Lomira includes the villages of Brownsville Lomira, and Theresa, the hamlet of Knowles, and all or portions of the towns of Ashford, Byron, and Eden in Fond du Lac County ; Leroy, Lomira and Theresa in Dodge County ; and Wayne in Washington County.

The Biggleswade civil parish also includes the nearby hamlet of Holme, Bedfordshire.

The hamlet, as of the early 21st century, includes essentially just two cottages and a farm.

Chilton parish includes the hamlet of Easington ( not to be confused with the Oxfordshire village of Easington ).

The parish includes the village of Peasmarsh and the hamlet of Sea.

The houses within the hamlet form part of a larger community encompassing a further 30 dwellings within adjoining parishes and includes a burial ground, another public house, The Crooked Billet and a Mission Hall at the crossroads built around 1850 and left in trust in 1905 by Henry Grattan Guinness ( 1835 – 1910 ) for the salvation or edification of souls.

The parish includes the hamlet of Chackmore about north of Buckingham.

The civil parish includes the hamlet called Little Orton, as well as Twycross Zoo, and the selective, private Twycross House School.

The parish includes Claverham, a small village which was originally a farming hamlet.

The parish covers some and includes the hamlet of Zouch.

The parish includes the hamlet of Lower Radley on the River Thames.

Cully includes the hamlet Chenaux at an altitude of on a ridge in the vineyards above the village and a number of individual farms on the plateau.