Bellerive, Vaud
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
Town Hall of Bellerive
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| Coordinates: 46°55′N 07°01′E / 46.917°N 7.017°ECoordinates: 46°55′N 07°01′E / 46.917°N 7.017°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Vaud | |
| District | Broye-Vully | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Claude Bessard | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.26 km2 (0.87 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 533 m (1,749 ft) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 621 | |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Lè Renaille | |
| Postal code | 1585 Bellerive 1585 Cotterd 1585 Salavaux 1586 Vallamand-Dessous |
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| SFOS number | 5452 | |
| Localities | Bellerive, Cotterd, Salavaux, Vallamand-Dessous | |
| Surrounded by | Cudrefin, Vallamand, Constantine, Montmagny | |
| Website |
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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, as of 2009[update], of 2.26 square kilometers (0.87 sq mi). Of this area, 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi) or 61.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.22 km2 (0.085 sq mi) or 9.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi) or 23.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) 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 (533 m (1,749 ft)) is located on the Vully, between Lake Murten and Lake Neuchatel, 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Avenches. The main part of the village Salavaux (436 m (1,430 ft)), located over the Broye, the villages Cotterd (481 m (1,578 ft)), on the Vully, and Vallamand-Dessous (433 m (1,421 ft)), on the west side of lake Murten, belong to the municipality of Bellerive.
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