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Vaulion
Vaulion is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Vaulion is first mentioned in 1097 as ''Vallis Leonis''. In 1160 it was mentioned as ''Valleuni'' and in 1316 as ''Vaulion''. Geography Vaulion has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 48.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% 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 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 44.3% of the total land area is heavily for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jura-North Vaudois District
Jura-Nord Vaudois District (, ) is a district in Vaud canton of Switzerland. Its capital is Yverdon-les-Bains. Geography Jura-Nord vaudois has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Demographics Jura-Nord vaudois has a population () of . In there were 605 live births to Swiss citizens and 195 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 608 deaths of Swiss citizens and 48 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orbe District
Orbe District was a district of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Mergers and name changes * On 1 January 1970 the former municipalities of Envy and Romainmôtier merged to form the new municipality of Romainmôtier-Envy. * On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of L'Abergement, Agiez, Arnex-sur-Orbe, Ballaigues, Baulmes, Bavois, Bofflens, Bretonnières, Chavornay, Les Clées, Corcelles-sur-Chavornay, Croy, Juriens, Lignerolle, Montcherand, Orbe, La Praz, Premier, Rances, Romainmôtier-Envy, Sergey, Valeyres-sous-Rances, Vallorbe, Vaulion and Vuiteboeuf came from the District d'Orbe to join the Jura-North Vaudois District.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 4 April 2011 Municipalities * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallorbe
Vallorbe () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Jura-North Vaudois District, Jura-Nord Vaudois in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Vallorbe is first mentioned in 1139 as ''de valle urbanensi''. In 1148 it was mentioned as ''de valle urbe''. Geography Vallorbe has an area, , of . Of this area, or 22.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 66.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.6% 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 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier, Switzerland
Premier is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Jura-North Vaudois District, Jura-Nord Vaudois in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Premier is first mentioned in 1403 as ''Prumyer''. A hamlet (place), hamlet known as Lanfrey which was mentioned in the 14th century but vanished in the 15th, existed on or near the site of the village of Premier. Geography Premier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 48.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romainmôtier-Envy
Romainmôtier-Envy () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Jura-North Vaudois District, Jura-Nord Vaudois. The village, which lies on the Nozon river, has about 450 inhabitants. The town has a notable Romanesque architecture, Romanesque Church (building), church. The monastery of Romainmôtier (''Romanum monasterium'') was founded by Romanus of Condat, a leader of monks, after whom it was named. The municipality was created in 1970 by a merger of Romainmôtier and Envy, Switzerland, Envy.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011 History Envy is first mentioned in 1216 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juriens
Juriens is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Juriens is first mentioned in 1263 as ''iurians''. In 1359 it was mentioned as ''Juriens''. Geography Juriens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 46.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 50.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.1% 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 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 47.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont-la-Ville
Mont-la-Ville is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges. History Mont-la-Ville is first mentioned in 1140 as ''in Monte Villa''. Geography Mont-la-Ville has an area, , of . Of this area, or 44.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% 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 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 49.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Abbaye
L'Abbaye is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the Jura-Nord Vaudois district in the Vallée de Joux. It takes its name from Lac de Joux Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery. History L'Abbaye was created as an independent municipality in 1571 from the municipality of Le Lieu. Geography L'Abbaye has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 60.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.8% 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 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (, SP; ), also called the Swiss Socialist Party (; , PS), is a List of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council since 1960 and received the second-highest number of votes in the 2023 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second-largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, positioning itself at the Centre-left politics, centre-left. Currently, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider and Beat Jans represent the party. As of January 2024, the SP is the second-largest political party in the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly. Amongst all Pro-Europeanism, pro-European parties in Switzerland the SP is the largest and unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP supports Swiss membership i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Party Of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland (; ; ; ) is a green political party in Switzerland. It is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council. History The first Green party in Switzerland, MPE, was founded as a local party in 1971 in the town of Neuchâtel. In 1979, Daniel Brélaz was elected to the National Council as the first Green MP on the national level (in Switzerland and in the world). Local and regional Green parties and organisations were founded in many different towns and cantons in the following years. In 1983, two different national green party federations were created: in May, diverse local green groups came together in Fribourg to form the ''Federation of Green Parties of Switzerland'', and in June, some left-alternative groups formed the ''Green Alternative Party of Switzerland'' in Bern. In 1990, an attempt to combine these organisations failed. Afterward, some of the membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voter Turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This is typically either the percentage of Voter registration, registered voters, Suffrage, eligible voters, or all Voting age, voting-age people. According to Stanford University political scientists Adam Bonica and Michael McFaul, there is a consensus among political scientists that "democracies perform better when more people vote." Institutional factors drive the vast majority of differences in turnout rates.Michael McDonald and Samuel Popkin"The Myth of the Vanishing Voter"in American Political Science Review. December 2001. p. 970. For example, simpler parliamentary democracies where voters get shorter ballots, fewer elections, and a multi-party system that makes accountability easier see much higher turnout than the systems of the United States, Japan, and Switzerland. Significance Some parts of society are more likely to vote than others. As turnou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
