Corseaux

Corseaux is a municipality in the district Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Corseaux has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.1 square kilometers (0.42 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi) or 78.3% is settled (buildings or roads).

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,756 or 84.5%) as their first language, with German being second most common (154 or 7.4%) and English being third (56 or 2.7%).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Corseaux is; 189 children or 9.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 216 teenagers or 10.3% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] Portions of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites are found in Corseaux.

[15] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 20.31% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 689 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.3%.

[16] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Heart Gules above two Mullets (of five) Or above a Crescent of the last.

[8] There were 927 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 82 or 32.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 1.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 22 or 8.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 23 or 9.0% were in the information industry, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 28 or 10.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education and 55 or 21.5% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 680 or 32.7% were Roman Catholic, while 999 or 48.1% 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.

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

Aerial view (1960)
Villa Le Lac from the front