Villeneuve
Description
Villeneuve is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.
Geography
Villeneuve has an area, as of 2009, of 32.04 square km. Of this area, 8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi) or 26.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.69 km2 (6.83 sq mi) or 55.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.63 km2 (1.02 sq mi) or 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi) or 9.6% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area Out of the forested land, 50.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.9% is used for growing crops, while 2.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 22.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 6.7% is unproductive vegetation and 2.9% is too rocky for vegetation.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, an Eagle displayed Azure.
Sights
The entire small city/town of Villeneuve is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
Religion
From the 2000 census, 1,683 or 40.3% were Roman Catholic, while 1,368 or 32.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 126 members of an Orthodox church (or about 3.01% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 68 individuals (or about 1.63% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish, and 300 (or about 7.18% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 6 individuals who were Buddhist, 4 individuals who were Hindu and 10 individuals who belonged to another church. 327 (or about 7.82% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 286 individuals (or about 6.84% of the population) did not answer the question.