Corsier-sur-Vevey is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
[3] Corsier-sur-Vevey has an area, as of 2013[update], of 6.74 square kilometers (2.60 sq mi).
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Heart Gules above two shaking Hands proper clothed Azure; chief Azure three Mullets (of five) Argent.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (2,535 or 79.2%) as their first language, with German being second most common (176 or 5.5%) and Portuguese being third (117 or 3.7%).
[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Corsier-sur-Vevey is; 309 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 348 teenagers or 10.9% are between 10 and 19.
[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Café De La Place, and the Manoir de Ban with the main house, outbuildings and park and the Corsier-sur-Vevey portion of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.
[14] Charlie Chaplin lived in Corsier-sur-Vevey between 1953 and 1977 and was buried in the communal cemetery.
In the federal election, a total of 802 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.9%.
[9] There were 1,563 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.8% of the workforce.
The number of jobs in the primary sector was 26, of which 25 were in agriculture and one was in forestry or lumber production.
In the tertiary sector; 58 or 13.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 30 or 6.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 21 or 4.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 0.5% were in the information industry, 20 or 4.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 47 or 10.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 73 or 16.8% were in education and 150 or 34.5% were in health care.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 1,260 or 39.4% were Roman Catholic, while 1,222 or 38.2% 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 programme requires pupils to attend for four years.