Bellerive (French pronunciation: [bɛlʁiv]) is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[2] Bellerive has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.26 square kilometers (0.87 sq mi).

[3] The municipality is located in the Broye-Vully District, on the slopes of Mont Vully.

It consists of the village of Bellerive and the hamlets of Cotterd (with a church, school and 18th Century castle), Vallamand-Dessous, part of Salavaux and numerous farm houses.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Paly of six Argent and Azure, on a fess Or three helmets Sable.

[5] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (354 or 67.0%), with German being second most common (149 or 28.2%) and Portuguese being third (14 or 2.7%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Bellerive is; 53 children or 8.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 52 teenagers or 8.4% are between 10 and 19.

[9] About 60.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[5] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][12] The entire hamlets of Cotterd and Vallamand-Dessous are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 27.33% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 193 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 42.7%.

[5] There were 268 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 34 or 29.6% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 14 or 12.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 14 or 12.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 3.5% were in education and 44 or 38.3% were in health care.

[5] From the 2000 census[update], 110 or 20.8% were Roman Catholic, while 335 or 63.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.