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Corsier
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Corsier
Total population
3,409
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Corsier-sur-Vevey is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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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 . Of this area, or 44.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 20.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 11.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.4%. Out of the forested land, 27.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 7.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.6% is used for growing crops and 33.4% is pastures, while 5.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. 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.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Wildlife & biodiversity
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Vaud
- Corseaux0.6 mi away · pop. 2,131
- Jongny0.6 mi away · pop. 1,472
- Vevey0.7 mi away
- Chardonne0.9 mi away · pop. 2,818
- La Tour-de-Peilz1.3 mi away · pop. 10,974
- Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz1.5 mi away · pop. 4,068
- Saint-Saphorin2.3 mi away · pop. 377
- Blonay2.5 mi away · pop. 4,695
- Chailly2.6 mi away
- Brent2.9 mi away
- Clarens3.1 mi away
- Chexbres3.1 mi away · pop. 2,187
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 6619
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,108
- Wikidata
- Q65643
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771