Villars-Epeney

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Villars-Epeney is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Villars-Epeney has an area, as of 2009Script 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 77.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while Script error: No such module "convert". or 17.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Script error: No such module "convert". or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads).[1]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 16.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 68.6% is used for growing crops and 8.1% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.[1]

The municipality was part of the Yverdon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Villars-Epeney became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.[2]

The municipalities of Cronay, Cuarny, Pomy, Ursins, Valeyres-sous-Ursins and Villars-Epeney are considering a merger on at a date in the future into the new municipality with an, as of 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., undetermined name.[3]

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a thorn bough Vert bendwise.[4]

Demographics

Villars-Epeney has a population (as of Template:Swiss populations YM[[Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements from Expression error: Unexpected < operator]]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref As of 2008Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 7.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[5] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 50.9%. It has changed at a rate of 49.1% due to migration and at a rate of 1.9% due to births and deaths.[6]

Most of the population (as of 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks French (49 or 98.0%) as their first language with the rest speaking Portuguese[7]

The age distribution, as of 2009Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., in Villars-Epeney is; 4 children or 5.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 13 teenagers or 16.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 8 people or 10.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 14 people or 17.5% are between 30 and 39, 15 people or 18.8% are between 40 and 49, and 15 people or 18.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 5 people or 6.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 2 people or 2.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 4 people or 5.0% who are between 80 and 89.[8]

As of 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 22 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 21 married individuals, 3 widows or widowers and 4 individuals who are divorced.[7]

As of 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 20 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.[6] There were 7 households that consist of only one person. Out of a total of 20 households that answered this question, 35.0% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 2 married couples without children, 9 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children.[7]

In 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 7 single family homes (or 46.7% of the total) out of a total of 15 inhabited buildings. There were 2 multi-family buildings (13.3%) and along with 6 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (40.0%).[9]

In 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., a total of 20 apartments (87.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2 apartments (8.7%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty.[9] As of 2009Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the construction rate of new housing units was 12.5 new units per 1000 residents.[6] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., was 0%.[6]

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Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.04% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (17.39%), the SP (12%) and the LPS Party (10.96%). In the federal election, a total of 34 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 64.2%.[11]

Economy

As of  2010Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Villars-Epeney had an unemployment rate of 7.3%. As of 2008Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 5 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 2 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person was employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 2 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector.[6] There were 24 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 50.0% of the workforce.

In 2008Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 8. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 5, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1, in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2, of which 1 was a technical professional or scientist.[12]

In 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 16 workers who commuted away from the municipality.[13] Of the working population, 12.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.2% used a private car.[6]

Religion

From the 2000 censusScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 15 or 30.0% were Roman Catholic, while 31 or 62.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. 4 (or about 8.00% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist.[7]

Education

In Villars-Epeney about 13 or (26.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 9 or (18.0%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 9 who completed tertiary schooling, 44.4% were Swiss men, 44.4% were Swiss women.[7]

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 12 students in the Villars-Epeney 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 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 2 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 10 students in those schools.[15]

As of 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 10 students from Villars-Epeney who attended schools outside the municipality.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:In lang accessed 25 March 2010
  2. ↑ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang accessed 4 April 2011
  3. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:In lang accessed 17 February 2011
  4. ↑ Flags of the World.com accessed 23-August-2011
  5. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Template:In lang accessed 19 June 2010
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23-August-2011
  7. ↑ a b c d e STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang accessed 2 February 2011
  8. ↑ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office Template:In lang accessed 29 April 2011
  9. ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang accessed 28 January 2011
  10. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Script error: No such module "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:In lang accessed 28 May 2010
  12. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang accessed 28 January 2011
  13. ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang accessed 24 June 2010
  14. ↑ Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010 Template:In lang accessed 2 May 2011
  15. ↑ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition Template:In lang accessed 2 May 2011

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