Rueyres is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Rueyres has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.02 square kilometres (0.78 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.22 km2 (0.085 sq mi) or 10.9% is settled (buildings or roads).

[5] Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, around a Bar Or with three Oak-leaves Vert, three Annulets of the second, two and one.

[11] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (183 or 93.8%), with German being second most common (9 or 4.6%) and Portuguese being third (2 or 1.0%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Rueyres is; 40 children or 17.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 23 teenagers or 9.9% are between 10 and 19.

[11] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.94% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 74 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.7%.

[11] There were 105 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 47.6% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 8, of which 1 was a technical professional or scientist.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 19 or 9.7% were Roman Catholic, while 139 or 71.3% 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.

[19] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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