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Bellerive, Switzerland
Summary
Bellerive is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur (VD), Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.
Bellerive is first mentioned in 1228 as Balariva.
Bellerive has an area, , of . Of this area, or 61.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 9.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 23.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.8% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 15.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. Out of the forested land, 8.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 35.8% is used for growing crops and 13.7% is pastures, while 11.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Broye-Vully District, on the slopes of Mont Vully. It consists of the village of Bellerive and the hamlets of Cotterd (with a church, school and 18th Century castle), Vallamand-Dessous, part of Salavaux and numerous farm houses.
Bellerive () is located on the Vully, between Lake Murten and Lake Neuchatel, north of Avenches. The main part of the village Salavaux (), located over the Broye, the villages Cotterd (), on the Vully, and Vallamand-Dessous (), on the west side of lake Murten, belong to the municipality of Bellerive.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Paly of six Argent and Azure, on a fess Or three helmets Sable.
Bellerive has a population () of 621. , 9.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 17.2%. It has changed at a rate of 21.3% due to migration and at a rate of -3.8% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (354 or 67.0%), with German being second most common (149 or 28.
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