Bournens

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Bournens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

History

Bournens is first mentioned in 1184 as Brunens.[1]

Geography

Bournens has an area, since 2009Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., of Script error: No such module "convert".. Of this area, Script error: No such module "convert". or 74.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while Script error: No such module "convert". or 16.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Script error: No such module "convert". or 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and Script error: No such module "convert". or 1.5% is unproductive land.[2]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 65.6% is used for growing crops and 7.4% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops.[2]

The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bournens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.[3]

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a bend Or.[4]

Demographics

Bournens has a population (since Template:Swiss populations YMTemplate:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref since 2008Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 7.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[5] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 16%. It has changed at a rate of 10.7% due to migration and at a rate of 5.3% due to births and deaths.[6]

Most of the population (since 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks French (229 or 91.2%), with German being second most common (9 or 3.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (6 or 2.4%). There are 3 people who speak Italian.[7]

Of the population in the municipality 69 or about 27.5% were born in Bournens and lived there in 2000. There were 99 or 39.4% who were born in the same canton, while 47 or 18.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 36 or 14.3% were born outside of Switzerland.[7]

In 2008Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 20 and the non-Swiss population increased by 7 people. This represents a population growth rate of 10.7%.[5]

The age distribution, since 2009Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., in Bournens is; 43 children or 15.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 25 teenagers or 8.8% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 26 people or 9.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 42 people or 14.8% are between 30 and 39, 48 people or 17.0% are between 40 and 49, and 34 people or 12.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 36 people or 12.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 21 people or 7.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 8 people or 2.8% who are between 80 and 89.[8]

since 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 89 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 142 married individuals, 7 widows or widowers and 13 individuals who are divorced.[7]

since 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 105 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.[6] There were 26 households that consist of only one person and 7 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 106 households that answered this question, 24.5% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 41 married couples without children, 32 married couples with children There were 4 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.[7]

In 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 57 single-family homes (or 66.3% of the total) out of a total of 86 inhabited buildings. There were 10 multi-family buildings (11.6%), along with 13 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (15.1%) and 6 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (7.0%). Of the single-family homes 12 were built before 1919, while 5 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single-family homes (20) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (4) were built between 1971 and 1980 and the next most (2) were built before 1919.[9]

In 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 107 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 37. There were 3 single-room apartments and 35 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 99 apartments (92.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 5 apartments (4.7%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.8%) were empty.[9] since 2009Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the construction rate of new housing units was 3.5 new units per 1000 residents.[6] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., was 0%.[6]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[1][10] <timeline> Colors= 

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Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.17% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20.99%), the Green Party (19.74%) and the SP (12.51%). In the federal election, a total of 103 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.6%.[11]

Economy

since  2010Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Bournens had an unemployment rate of 3.5%. since 2008Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 25 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 14 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.[6] There were 133 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% of the workforce.

In 2008Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 32. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 17, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 4 of which 2 or (50.0%) were in manufacturing and 2 (50.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 11. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 18.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 18.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 18.2% were in the information industry, 2 or 18.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 18.2% were in education.[12]

In 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 4 workers who commuted into the municipality and 105 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 26.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[13] Of the working population, 5.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 71.4% used a private car.[6]

Religion

From the 2000 censusTemplate:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 73 or 29.1% were Roman Catholic, while 141 or 56.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 members of an Orthodox church (or about 2.39% of the population), and there were 3 individuals (or about 1.20% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 28 (or about 11.16% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist.[7]

Education

Template:Sister project In Bournens about 114 or (45.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 45 or (17.9%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 45 who completed tertiary schooling, 51.1% were Swiss men, 37.8% were Swiss women.[7]

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 39 students in the Bournens school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.[14] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 21 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.[15]

since 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 23 students in Bournens who came from another municipality, while 32 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ a b Template:HDS
  2. ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:In lang accessed 25 March 2010
  3. ↑ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 4 April 2011
  4. ↑ Flags of the World.com accessed 19-May-2011
  5. ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 19 June 2010
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 19-May-2011
  7. ↑ a b c d e f STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 2 February 2011
  8. ↑ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 29 April 2011
  9. ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 28 January 2011
  10. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 29 January 2011
  11. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 28 May 2010
  12. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 28 January 2011
  13. ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Template:In lang accessed 24 June 2010
  14. ↑ Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 2 May 2011
  15. ↑ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 2 May 2011

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