Corsier-sur-Vevey
Encyclopedia
Corsier-sur-Vevey is a municipality
in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.5%. Out of the forested land, 27.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 7.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 6.4% is used for growing crops and 32.7% is pastures, while 5.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Vevey District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Corsier-sur-Vevey became part of the new district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut.
The municipality is located on the right side of the Veveyse. It consists of the village of Corsier-sur-Vevey and the hamlet
of Les Monts-de-Corsier.
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.
Most of the population 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%). There are 110 people who speak Italian
and 4 people who speak Romansh.
The age distribution, , 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. Of the adult population, 368 people or 11.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 421 people or 13.2% are between 30 and 39, 491 people or 15.4% are between 40 and 49, and 417 people or 13.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 401 people or 12.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 289 people or 9.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 135 people or 4.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 18 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
, there were 1,238 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,555 married individuals, 182 widows or widowers and 225 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.63 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 26.7% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 1,475 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.1 persons per household. There were 560 households that consist of only one person and 64 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,489 households that answered this question, 37.6% were households made up of just one person and there were 5 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 421 married couples without children, 379 married couples with children There were 89 single parents with a child or children. There were 21 households that were made up of unrelated people and 14 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 252 single family homes (or 50.8% of the total) out of a total of 496 inhabited buildings. There were 174 multi-family buildings (35.1%), along with 39 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.9%) and 31 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.3%).
, a total of 1,437 apartments (84.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 211 apartments (12.4%) were seasonally occupied and 47 apartments (2.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 3.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.34%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
World Heritage Site
: Lavaux
, Vineyard Terraces are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance
.
lived in Corsier-sur-Vevey between 1953 and 1977 and was buried in the communal cemetery.
James Mason
is also interred in the cemetery of Corsier-sur-Vevey.
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 25.01% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(23.32%), the Green Party
(16.89%) and the FDP
(12.48%). In the federal election, a total of 824 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 45.5%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 1,113. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 26, of which 25 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 652 of which 531 or (81.4%) were in manufacturing and 120 (18.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 435. In the tertiary sector; 58 or 13.3% were in the sale or 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.
, there were 692 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,315 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 2.3% of the workforce coming into Corsier-sur-Vevey are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.0% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 20.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 55.9% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 79 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 2.47% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 135 individuals (or about 4.22% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
, and 105 (or about 3.28% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 14 individuals who were Buddhist
, 6 individuals who were Hindu
and 4 individuals who belonged to another church. 396 (or about 12.38% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 39 individuals (or about 1.22% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 404 who completed tertiary schooling, 46.8% were Swiss men, 27.0% were Swiss women, 18.1% were non-Swiss men and 8.2% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 331 students in the Corsier-sur-Vevey school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 817 children of which 456 children (55.8%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 156 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 170 students in those schools. There were also 5 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 222 students in Corsier-sur-Vevey who came from another municipality, while 186 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
, the international governing body for amateur wrestling
.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Vaud
Vaud
Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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History
Corsier-sur-Vevey is first mentioned in 1079 as Corise. Until 1953 it was known as Corsier.Geography
Corsier-sur-Vevey has an area, , of 6.8 square kilometre. Of this area, 3.03 square kilometre or 44.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.35 square kilometre or 34.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.3 square kilometre or 19.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acre) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03 km² (7.4 acre) or 0.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.5%. Out of the forested land, 27.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 7.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 6.4% is used for growing crops and 32.7% is pastures, while 5.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Vevey District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Corsier-sur-Vevey became part of the new district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut.
The municipality is located on the right side of the Veveyse. It consists of the village of Corsier-sur-Vevey and the hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Les Monts-de-Corsier.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Argent, a Heart Gules above two shaking Hands proper clothed Azure; chief Azure three Mullets (of five) Argent.
Demographics
Corsier-sur-Vevey has a population of . , 30.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 2.3%. It has changed at a rate of -0.5% due to migration and at a rate of 4.2% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
(2,535 or 79.2%) as their first language, with German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
being second most common (176 or 5.5%) and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
being third (117 or 3.7%). There are 110 people who speak Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and 4 people who speak Romansh.
The age distribution, , 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. Of the adult population, 368 people or 11.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 421 people or 13.2% are between 30 and 39, 491 people or 15.4% are between 40 and 49, and 417 people or 13.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 401 people or 12.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 289 people or 9.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 135 people or 4.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 18 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
, there were 1,238 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,555 married individuals, 182 widows or widowers and 225 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.63 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 26.7% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 1,475 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.1 persons per household. There were 560 households that consist of only one person and 64 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,489 households that answered this question, 37.6% were households made up of just one person and there were 5 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 421 married couples without children, 379 married couples with children There were 89 single parents with a child or children. There were 21 households that were made up of unrelated people and 14 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 252 single family homes (or 50.8% of the total) out of a total of 496 inhabited buildings. There were 174 multi-family buildings (35.1%), along with 39 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.9%) and 31 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.3%).
, a total of 1,437 apartments (84.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 211 apartments (12.4%) were seasonally occupied and 47 apartments (2.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 3.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.34%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Heritage sites of national significance
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 UNESCOUNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance...
: Lavaux
Lavaux
The Lavaux is a region in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, in the district of Lavaux. Although there is some evidence that vines were grown in the area in Roman times, the actual vine terraces can be traced back to the 11th century, when Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries controlled the area...
, Vineyard Terraces are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance
Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
.
Famous residents
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
lived in Corsier-sur-Vevey between 1953 and 1977 and was buried in the communal cemetery.
James Mason
James Mason
James Neville Mason was an English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. Mason remained a powerful figure in the industry throughout his career and was nominated for three Academy Awards as well as three Golden Globes .- Early life :Mason was born in Huddersfield, in the...
is also interred in the cemetery of Corsier-sur-Vevey.
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
which received 25.01% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(23.32%), the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(16.89%) and the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(12.48%). In the federal election, a total of 824 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 45.5%.
Economy
, Corsier-sur-Vevey had an unemployment rate of 4.3%. , there were 35 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 679 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 38 businesses in this sector. 556 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 63 businesses in this sector. 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 total number of full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 1,113. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 26, of which 25 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 652 of which 531 or (81.4%) were in manufacturing and 120 (18.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 435. In the tertiary sector; 58 or 13.3% were in the sale or 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.
, there were 692 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,315 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 2.3% of the workforce coming into Corsier-sur-Vevey are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.0% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 20.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 55.9% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 1,260 or 39.4% were Roman Catholic, while 1,222 or 38.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 79 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 2.47% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
, and there were 135 individuals (or about 4.22% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 105 (or about 3.28% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There were 14 individuals who were Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
, 6 individuals who were Hindu
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
and 4 individuals who belonged to another church. 396 (or about 12.38% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 39 individuals (or about 1.22% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Corsier-sur-Vevey about 1,212 or (37.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 404 or (12.6%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 404 who completed tertiary schooling, 46.8% were Swiss men, 27.0% were Swiss women, 18.1% were non-Swiss men and 8.2% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 331 students in the Corsier-sur-Vevey school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 817 children of which 456 children (55.8%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 156 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 170 students in those schools. There were also 5 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 222 students in Corsier-sur-Vevey who came from another municipality, while 186 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Sports
It hosts the headquarters of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling StylesInternational Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles
The International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles, also known in French as Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées , is an international wrestling federation that holds events around the world. It is the governing body of international amateur wrestling...
, the international governing body for amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...
.