Villeneuve (French pronunciation: [vilnœv] ⓘ; Arpitan: Velanôva) is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.

[3] Villeneuve has an area, as of 2009[update], of 32.04 square kilometers (12.37 sq mi).

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, an Eagle displayed Azure.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (3,321 or 79.4%), with German being second most common (198 or 4.7%) and Italian being third (171 or 4.1%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Villeneuve is; 490 children or 10.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 597 teenagers or 12.7% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] The entire small city/town of Villeneuve is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.32% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 856 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 37.6%.

[8] There were 1,995 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.1% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 44, of which 39 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 937 of which 757 or (80.8%) were in manufacturing, 28 or (3.0%) were in mining and 124 (13.2%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 739 or 58.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 102 or 8.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 101 or 8.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 9 or 0.7% were in the information industry, 9 or 0.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 27 or 2.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 64 or 5.1% were in education and 91 or 7.2% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 1,683 or 40.3% were Roman Catholic, while 1,368 or 32.7% 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.

[16] The municipality has a railway station, Villeneuve VD, on the Simplon line.