Rossinière () is a municipality in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

History

Rossinière is first mentioned in 1155 as La Ransonery.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 43.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.2% is used for growing crops and 10.5% is pastures and 27.5% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 1.1% is in lakes and 0.6% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 6.0% is unproductive vegetation and 1.8% is too rocky for vegetation.

The municipality is located near the Saane/Sarine river, at the foot of the Pointe de Cray (a buttress of the Vanil Noir range) and facing the Planachaux mountain. It consists of the village of Rossinière and the hamlet of La Tine and scattered individual houses. In 1702, the hamlet of Cuves was threatened by the Saane river. It was moved to higher ground and renamed La Tine.

A dam on the Saane river forms Lac du Vernex.

Demographics

Rossinière has a population () of . , 13.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 1.4%. It has changed at a rate of 4.5% due to migration and at a rate of -3% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population () speaks French (453 or 89.3%), with German being second most common (22 or 4.3%) and Albanian being third (14 or 2.8%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.

, there were 213 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 229 married individuals, 39 widows or widowers and 26 individuals who are divorced.

, there were 190 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.

, a total of 186 apartments (63.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 81 apartments (27.6%) were seasonally occupied and 27 apartments (9.2%) were empty.

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Heritage sites of national significance

thumb|[[Grand Chalet, south façade]]

The La Maison De La Place and the Grand Chalet are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. The entire village of Rossinière is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 22.68% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (22.07%), the SP (21.03%) and the Green Party (13.11%). In the federal election, a total of 143 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.2%.

Economy

thumb|Train station on the [[Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line]]

, Rossinière had an unemployment rate of 1.7%. , there were 44 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 43 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 11 businesses in this sector. 100 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 22 businesses in this sector.

, there were 35 workers who commuted into the municipality and 122 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.5% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 817 children of which 456 children (55.8%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 24 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 18 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.

, there were 6 students in Rossinière who came from another municipality, while 70 residents attended schools outside the municipality. by Patricia St. John, and its 1983 Japanese anime adaption, Story of the Alps: My Annette, were set in Rossinière.

Notable residents

It was the home of the artist Balthus during the latter part of his life.

References

  • Rossinière official website