Riex

Riex
Former municipality of Switzerland
Vineyards near Riex village
Coat of arms
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Location of Riex
Coordinates: 46°29′N 6°44′E / 46.483°N 6.733°E / 46.483; 6.733Coordinates: 46°29′N 6°44′E / 46.483°N 6.733°E / 46.483; 6.733
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Lavaux-Oron
Area
• Total	1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Elevation	437 m (1,434 ft)
Population
• Total	290
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
SFOS number	5608
Surrounded by	Cully, Epesses, Forel (Lavaux)
Website	www.riex.ch Profile (French), SFSO statistics

Riex is a former municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.

The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette (Lavaux) merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux.

Riex is first mentioned in 1184 as Ruez.

Riex has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 1.37 square kilometres (0.53 sq mi). Of this area, 1.04 km² (0.40 sq mi) or 75.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.13 km² (0.050 sq mi) or 9.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.15 km² (37 acres) or 10.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.7% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.8%. Out of the forested land, 5.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 6.6% is used for growing crops and 35.0% is pastures, while 34.3% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality was part of the Lavaux District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Riex became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.

The municipality is located in the Lavaux vineyards. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Riex and the Tower of Gourze.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Gules and Argent, overall from a Base irregular Vert issuant a vine tree of the same fructed counterchanged.

Riex has a population (as of 2009^[update]) of 290. As of 2008^[update], 14.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 3.6%. It has changed at a rate of -2.1% due to migration and at a rate of 5% due to births and deaths.