Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District is a district in the
Swiss canton of
Vaud
Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat ...
.
Geography
Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 11.1% is unproductive land.
[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Demographics
Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut has a population () of .
In there were 484 live births to Swiss citizens and 297 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 654 deaths of Swiss citizens and 95 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 170 while the foreign population increased by 202. There were 13 Swiss men and 48 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 1,336 non-Swiss men and 1,521 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 341 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1,368 people. This represents a
population growth rate of 2.2%.
[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008]
accessed 19 June 2010
The age distribution, , in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut is; 7,812 children or 9.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 9,268 teenagers or 11.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 10,286 people or 13.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 10,452 people or 13.2% are between 30 and 39, 12,450 people or 15.8% are between 40 and 49, and 9,856 people or 12.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 8,491 people or 10.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 5,880 people or 7.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 3,707 people or 4.7% who are 80 and 89, and there are 745 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.
[Canton of Vaud Statistical Office]
accessed 29 April 2011
Mergers and name changes
On 1 September 2006, the former Pays-d'Enhaut district (District du Pays-d'Enhaut) and Vevey district (District de Vevey) were dissolved and merged into the new Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district.
* The municipalities of
Château-d'Œx,
Rossinière and
Rougemont came from the
Pays-d'Enhaut district (District du Pays-d'Enhaut).
* The municipalities of
Blonay,
Chardonne,
Corseaux,
Corsier-sur-Vevey,
Jongny,
Montreux
Montreux (, ; ; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, Swiss municipality and List of towns in Switzerland, town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Swiss Alps, Alps. It belongs to the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut (district), Riviera-Pays ...
,
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz,
La Tour-de-Peilz
La Tour-de-Peilz () is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The city is located on Lake Geneva between Montreux and Vevey (their agglomeratio ...
,
Vevey
Vevey (; ; ) is a town in Switzerland in the Vaud, canton of Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Leman, near Lausanne. The German name Vivis is no longer commonly used.
It was the seat of the Vevey (district), district of the same name until 200 ...
and
Veytaux came from the
Vevey district (District de Vevey).
[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
* On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of
Blonay and
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz merged into the new municipality of
Blonay - Saint-Légier.
Politics
In the
2007 federal election the most popular party was the
SP which received 21.78% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the
SVP (20.79%), the
FDP (15.28%) and the
Green Party (14.28%). In the federal election, a total of 17,788 votes were cast, and the
voter turnout
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was 43.1%.
Education
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 8,052 students in the local and district school systems. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.
Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010
accessed 2 May 2011 During the school year, the district provided pre-school care for a total of 817 children. There were 456 (55.8%) children who received subsidized pre-school care. There were 4,183 students in the primary school program, which last four years. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 3,611 students in those schools. There were also 258 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.[Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition]
accessed 2 May 2011
Municipalities
The following municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
are located within the district:
References
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Districts of the canton of Vaud