Rougemont, Switzerland

Rougemont
Coat of arms
Rougemont Show map of Switzerland Rougemont Show map of Canton of Vaud
Location of Rougemont
Coordinates: 46°29′N 7°13′E / 46.483°N 7.217°E / 46.483; 7.217Coordinates: 46°29′N 7°13′E / 46.483°N 7.217°E / 46.483; 7.217
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Pays-d'Enhaut
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	48.53 km2 (18.74 sq mi)
Elevation	1,007 m (3,304 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	887
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Postal code	1659
SFOS number	5843
Surrounded by	Charmey (Gruyère) (FR), Château-d'Œx, Saanen (BE)
Website	www.rougemont.ch Profile (French), SFSO statistics

Rougemont is a municipality in the Pays-d'Enhaut of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Rougemont is first mentioned in 1115 as Rubeus Mons and Rogemot. The name of the village also appears in various forms in medieval chronicles: Rubeimontis, Rogemont, Rubeo monte, Rogo mons, and Rojomont. The name stems from the red rock outcroppings north of the village. The site was probably first settled by a religious order coming from Cluny in France, which had received the land in 1080 from the Count of Gruyère. In 1569, the priory was replaced by the château of Rougemont, which became the residence of the bailiffs of Bern, who succeeded the Count of Gruyère. The area became part of the canton of Vaud in 1798.

Diana, Princess of Wales lived for some time at the city, in the late 1970s while a student at the Institut Alpin Videmanette.

Rougemont has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 48.5 square kilometers (18.7 sq mi). Of this area, 23.19 km² (8.95 sq mi) or 47.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.54 km² (6.39 sq mi) or 34.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.31 km² (0.51 sq mi) or 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.2 km² (0.077 sq mi) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 7.31 km² (2.82 sq mi) or 15.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 28.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 7.4% is pastures and 40.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 9.1% is unproductive vegetation and 5.9% is too rocky for vegetation.

The municipality was part of the Pays-d'Enhaut District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Rougemont became part of the new district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut.