Blonay (French pronunciation: [blɔnɛ]) is a former municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[5] Blonay overlooks Lake Geneva, with the hill 'Les Pléiades' behind the town.

It consists of the village of Blonay with the sections of Tercier and Cojonnex and a number of hamlets including Les Chevalleyres.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, two hollow hearts Gules, interlaced one reversed[6] Blonay has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 6,211.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (3,881 or 82.7%) as their first language, with German being second most common (415 or 8.8%) and English being third (185 or 3.9%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Blonay is; 680 children or 11.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 770 teenagers or 13.5% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] Blonay Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 19.76% of the vote.

[9] There were 2,211 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.7% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 33, of which 28 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 80 or 10.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 15 or 2.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 58 or 7.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 74 or 10.0% were in the information industry, 14 or 1.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 58 or 7.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 88 or 11.9% were in education and 219 or 29.7% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 1,494 or 31.8% were Roman Catholic, while 2,159 or 46.0% 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.

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