Veytaux () is a municipality in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The Château de Chillon across the Avenue de Chillon on Lake Geneva provides a view of the entire lake looking westward.
History
Veytaux is first mentioned in 1332 as Veytour.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 70.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 13.9% is used for alpine pastures. Of the unproductive areas, 3.1% is unproductive vegetation and 2.5% is too rocky for vegetation.
It consists of the village of Veytaux and the hamlet of Grandchamp.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, between two Palls wavy Azure a Tower surmounted by a Chamois salient all Sable; Base Azure.
Demographics
Veytaux has a population () of . , 26.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of -3.1%. It has changed at a rate of 0% due to migration and at a rate of -0.6% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (701 or 82.4%) as their first language, with German being second most common (62 or 7.3%) and English being third (25 or 2.9%). There are 18 people who speak Italian.
, there were 330 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 389 married individuals, 57 widows or widowers and 75 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 423 private households in the municipality, and an average of 1.9 persons per household.
, a total of 408 apartments (82.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 62 apartments (12.5%) were seasonally occupied and 26 apartments (5.2%) were empty.
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Heritage sites of national significance
Chillon Castle and the Chillon Viaduct on highway N9 are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire urban village of Territet/Veytaux and the region around Chillon Castle are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
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File:2009-08-27 Lake Geneva 358.JPG| Chillon Castle
File:Viaduc de Chillon.JPG| Viaduc autoroutier de Chillon sur la N9
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 24.66% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (17.74%), the SP (16.17%) and the LPS Party (13.62%). In the federal election, a total of 232 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 37.3%.
Economy
, Veytaux had an unemployment rate of 4%. , there were 3 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 1 business involved in this sector. 48 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 8 businesses in this sector. 117 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 24 businesses in this sector.
, there were 124 workers who commuted into the municipality and 386 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 25% used public transportation to get to work, and 60.8% 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 1,056 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 931 students in those schools. There were also 119 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 17 students in Veytaux who came from another municipality, while 92 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Transportation
The municipality has a railway station, , on the Simplon line. It has regular service to , , and .