Corbeyrier

Corbeyrier is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Aigle.

[4] Corbeyrier has an area, as of 2009[update], of 21.99 square kilometers (8.49 sq mi).

[5] The municipality is located in the Aigle district, on the right bank of Rhone river.

The municipality stretches from the upper end of the vineyard of Yvorne to the alpine pastures of the Eau-Froide and Petit-Hongrin valleys.

It consists of the village of Corbeyrier and the hamlets of Boveau, Luan, Le Crettex and Vers Cort.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Wolf Head Sable, langued Gules.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (323 or 93.1%), with German being second most common (13 or 3.7%) and Italian being third (4 or 1.2%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Corbeyrier is; 27 children or 7.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 42 teenagers or 11.2% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.77% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 139 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.6%.

[9] There were 148 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 47.3% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, of which 6 were in agriculture and 8 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 5 or 6.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 21 or 25.6% were in education and 53 or 64.6% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 70 or 20.2% were Roman Catholic, while 212 or 61.1% 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.

Aerial view (1948)