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Yvonand is a
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in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois (former
Yverdon Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Ancient Rome, Roman era) is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Jura-North Vaudois District, Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It ...
) of the canton of
Vaud Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat ...
in
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. Located on the southwestern shore of
Lake Neuchâtel Lake Neuchâtel ( ; ; ) is a lake primarily in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The lake lies mainly in the canton of Neuchâtel, but is also shared by the cantons of Vaud, Fribourg, and Bern. It comprises one of the lakes in th ...
the village has a population of almost 2,500 which may rise to 7,000 in summer, due to the popularity of the sandy beaches, which gently shelve into the lake.


History

Yvonand has a long tradition of settlement. Approximately 4,000 years BC, the caves in the Vallon of Vaux were used as first places of settlement. Some cave paintings date from this time. In the
Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
, settlements were made of wooden stakes in Yvonand bay. The area around Yvonand village was settled during the
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era, on the road between Eburodunum (Yverdon) and Aventicum (
Avenches Avenches () is a Switzerland, Swiss municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, located in the district of Broye-Vully District, Broye-Vully. History The roots of Avenches go back to the Celts. A ...
). At Mordagne to the west of the Mentue, the foundation walls of a
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were excavated, which was established around 100 years after Christ. The traces of a settlement, to which a Heiligtum (a
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temple) also belonged, was probably inhabited in the year 400. Yvonand is first mentioned in 1010 as ''Evonant''. The designations Ivonant (1100) appeared later, de Vonant in the 12th Century, Eyvonant (1437) and Yvonant (1453). The place name derives from the Germanic family name Evo and the word 'nant', which signifies a brook or a valley. During the
Burgundian Wars The Burgundian Wars (1474–1477) were a conflict between the Burgundian State and the Old Swiss Confederacy and its allies. Open war broke out in 1474, and the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, was defeated three times on the battlefield in th ...
in 1476, Yvonand came under the administration of Grandson, which was itself under the common rule of
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and
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; situated at the southern lakeshore it had its own Court of Justice. In 1531 the commune joined the
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. After the collapse of the
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and during the period of
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's
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, from 1798 to 1803, Yvonand was forced to join the
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, which afterwards became Canton Vaud. In 1798, it was assigned to the district of Yverdon.


Geography

Yvonand has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 2.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 42.0% is used for growing crops and 8.9% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was part of the
Yverdon District Yverdon District was a district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland until 2006 when it was dissolved. It was divided into the Cercles of Molondin, Belmont-sur-Yverdon, Yverdon and Champvent. The district consisted of 38 municipalities, is 15 ...
until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Yvonand became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011
Yvonand is above
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and east northeast of the former district capital
Yverdon-les-Bains Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Ancient Rome, Roman era) is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Jura-North Vaudois District, Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It ...
. The village extends along the mouth of the River Mentue, briefly before its delta into Lake Neuchâtel, in northern French speaking Switzerland. The municipality covers a section of the undulating land between Lake Neuchâtel and the
Broye The Broye (; ''Dictionnaire-Dikchenéro: Français-Patois/Patê-Franché''. Société cantonale des patoisans fribourgeois. Fribourg: 2013. p. 87 ) is a 68 km long river, in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, in Switzerland. It has a watershe ...
. The central part of the area features the
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of the River Mentue, which flows into Lake Neuchâtel. The lakeshore in the region of and surrounding Yvonand is flat, near a belt of reeds and forest. In the southeast the land rises to its highest point, in the municipality, at above sea level, bordering a high
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with Rovray and Arrissoules, achieving the height of La Baume, which then drops dramatically toward Yvonand. The southern part of the municipality covers the valley of the Mentue, up to wide. On the east side of the River Vaux, the stream has created a valley in the course of millions of years by its erosive strength. Between these two valleys is the high forest, Bois de Montessy, and Niédens. The western delimitation runs by sections along the River Epena, which rises behind the Montéla. Neighbouring municipalities of Yvonand are Cheseaux-Noréaz, Villars-Epeney, Cuarny, Cronay, Donneloye, Molondin and Rovray in Canton
Vaud Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat ...
as well as
Cheyres Cheyres (, locally or ''Tsàrè'') is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Broye (district), Broye in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the for ...
in Canton Fribourg.


Demographics

Yvonand has a population () of . , 11.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008
accessed 19 June 2010
Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 13.2%. It has changed at a rate of 15.5% due to migration and at a rate of -2.3% due to births and deaths.
accessed 24-August-2011
Most of the population () speaks French (2,094 or 91.9%) as their first language,
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is the second most common (99 or 4.3%) and Portuguese is the third (26 or 1.1%). There are 18 people who speak
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and 2 people who speak Romansh. The age distribution, , in Yvonand is; 258 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 392 teenagers or 16.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 237 people or 9.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 297 people or 12.1% are between 30 and 39, 415 people or 16.9% are between 40 and 49, and 310 people or 12.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 269 people or 11.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 141 people or 5.7% are between 70 and 79, there are 114 people or 4.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 22 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office
accessed 29 April 2011
, there were 915 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,117 married individuals, 138 widows or widowers and 108 individuals who are divorced.STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 862 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 238 households that consist of only one person and 76 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 883 households that answered this question, 27.0% were households made up of just one person and there were 4 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 245 married couples without children, 317 married couples with children There were 51 single parents with a child or children. There were 7 households that were made up of unrelated people and 21 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. there were 440 single family homes (or 68.8% of the total) out of a total of 640 inhabited buildings. There were 84 multi-family buildings (13.1%), along with 86 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (13.4%) and 30 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.7%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen
accessed 28 January 2011
, a total of 839 apartments (85.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 106 apartments (10.8%) were seasonally occupied and 32 apartments (3.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.09%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:960 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:2300 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:500 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:100 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from:start till:861 text:"861" bar:1860 from:start till:878 text:"878" bar:1870 from:start till:876 text:"876" bar:1880 from:start till:925 text:"925" bar:1888 from:start till:1025 text:"1,025" bar:1900 from:start till:1187 text:"1,187" bar:1910 from:start till:1180 text:"1,180" bar:1920 from:start till:1104 text:"1,104" bar:1930 from:start till:1090 text:"1,090" bar:1941 from:start till:1200 text:"1,200" bar:1950 from:start till:1295 text:"1,295" bar:1960 from:start till:1290 text:"1,290" bar:1970 from:start till:1321 text:"1,321" bar:1980 from:start till:1328 text:"1,328" bar:1990 from:start till:1913 text:"1,913" bar:2000 from:start till:2278 text:"2,278"


Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 28.71% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (27.51%), the FDP (17.04%) and the
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(9.01%). In the federal election, a total of 713 votes were cast, and the
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was 44.1%.


Economy

, Yvonand had an unemployment rate of 3.1%. , there were 44 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 234 people were employed in the
secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...
and there were 33 businesses in this sector. 464 people were employed in the
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, with 58 businesses in this sector. There were 1,054 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.1% of the workforce. the total number of
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jobs was 620. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 30, of which 28 were in agriculture and 2 were in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 220 of which 160 or (72.7%) were in manufacturing and 60 (27.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 370. In the tertiary sector; 107 or 28.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 14 or 3.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 32 or 8.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 0.5% were in the information industry, 3 or 0.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 8 or 2.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 37 or 10.0% were in education and 130 or 35.1% were in health care. , there were 484 workers who commuted into the municipality and 653 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb
accessed 24 June 2010
Of the working population, 11.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 63.9% used a private car.


Transport

The municipality is well served thanks to the main road from Yverdon to Estavayer-le-Lac, which traverses the commune and which serves as the High Street to the village. Since 2001, through traffic has bypassed the village thanks to the completion of the
Yverdon-les-Bains Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Ancient Rome, Roman era) is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Jura-North Vaudois District, Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It ...
Payerne Payerne (; ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the district of Payerne, and is now part of the district of Broye-Vully. The German name ''Peterlingen'' for the town is out of use. History The earliest traces of ...
section of the A1 motorway (
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–Bern). This motorway runs across the heights to the south of Yvonand, where the deep valleys of the Mentue and the Vaux had to be spanned, with two impressive viaducts over 100m high (Pont sur la Mentue and Viaduc du Vaux). The nearest motorway junctions are Yverdon Ouest (10 km to the west) and Estavayer-le-Lac (14 km to the east). On 1 February 1877 the Yverdon railway line was extended to Payerne with a station in Yvonand. There is a Post Bus, which serves the municipalities of the hinterland in a circular route. The recent extension of the A1 motorway, which traverses the municipality has improved communication links, making it more attractive to
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, who work further afield, but who enjoy the sheltered lakeside location.


Religion

From the , 507 or 22.3% were
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, while 1,270 or 55.8% belonged to the
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. Of the rest of the population, there were 7 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.31% of the population), there were 3 individuals (or about 0.13% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 72 individuals (or about 3.16% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.09% of the population) who were
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, and 17 (or about 0.75% of the population) who were
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ic. There were 5 individuals who were
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, 3 individuals who were
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and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 313 (or about 13.74% of the population) belonged to no church, are
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or
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, and 113 individuals (or about 4.96% of the population) did not answer the question.


Education

In Yvonand about 853 or (37.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 224 or (9.8%) have completed additional higher education (either
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or a ''
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''). Of the 224 who completed tertiary schooling, 63.8% were Swiss men, 24.1% were Swiss women, 8.9% were non-Swiss men and 3.1% were non-Swiss women. In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 375 students in the Yvonand school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010
accessed 2 May 2011
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
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program requires students to attend for four years. There were 176 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 197 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition
accessed 2 May 2011
, there were 68 students in Yvonand who came from another municipality, while 102 residents attended schools outside the municipality.


Sites of Interest

A church, belonging to the diocese of the
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, has existed in the village since its first denomination as Yvonand; the reformed parish church was built again in 1749 and received a new tower in 1906, which was upgraded in 2006. The Catholic chapel dates from 1959. The prehistoric settlement at Le Marais is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps a
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.UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
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Local Societies

*Yvonand Youth Club
www.jeunesse-yvonand.net
*Parti socialiste d'Yvonand (socialist party - political)
www.ps-yvonand.ch


References


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Municipality Information
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{{Authority control Populated places on Lake Neuchâtel