Bellerive, Switzerland

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Bellerive
municipality_name = Bellerive
municipality_type = municipality
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languages = French
canton = Vaud
iso-code-region = CH-VD
district = Avenches
lat_d=46|lat_m=55|lat_NS=N|long_d=07|long_m=01|long_EW=E
postal_code = 1585 Bellerive
1585 Cotterd
1585 Salavaux
1586 Vallamand-Dessous
municipality_code = 5452
area = 2.25
elevation = 533|elevation_description=
population = 585|populationof=2004
website = www.commune-bellerive.ch
mayor = Claude Bessard|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
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places = Bellerive, Cotterd, Salavaux, Vallamand-Dessous
demonym = Lè Renaille
neighboring_municipalities= Cudrefin, Vallamand, Constantine, Montmagny
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Bellerive is a municipality in the district of Avenches in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Bellerive (533 m) is located on the Vully, between Lake Murten and Lake Neuchatel, 5 km north of Avenches. The main part of the village "Salavaux" (436 m), located over the Broye, the villages "Cotterd" (481 m), on the Vully, and "Vallamand-Dessous" (433 m), on the west side of lake Murten, belong to the municipality of Bellerive.

Bellerive has 585 inhabitants (end 2004) for 2.25 km². The official language is French, spoken by 61.7% of the population, 28.2% of the population speaks German and 2.7% Portuguese (2000).

External links

* [http://www.commune-bellerive.ch Municipality of Bellerive] official website
*HDS|2309|Bellerive (VD)