Chavannes-le-Veyron is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in the district of
Morges
Morges (; la, Morgiis, plural, probably ablative, else dative; frp, Môrges) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud and the seat of the district of Morges. It is located on Lake Geneva.
History
Morges is first mentioned in 1288 as ''M ...
in the
canton of
Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...
in
Switzerland.
History
Chavannes-le-Veyron is first mentioned in 1285.
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Geography
Chavannes-le-Veyron has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 52.5% is used for growing crops and 14.4% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[
The municipality was part of the ]Cossonay District
Cossonay District was a district of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federa ...
until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Chavannes-le-Veyron became part of the new district of Morges.[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
The municipality is located in the heights above the Veyron river
The Veyron is a river in the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland.
Geography
The Veyron starts its course in Bière, Vaud, and flows down to Ferreyres, where it merges into the Venoge, in the area known as Tine de Conflens.
History
The Veyron w ...
(a tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
of the Venoge river).
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Azure, on a Bend wavy Argent three Minnows fesswise Or.'' The minnows (french: vairon) may be a canting
' (IPA: , VOS Spelling: ''tjanting'', jv, ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ, Tjanting) is a pen-like tool used to apply liquid hot wax ( jv, ) in the batik-making process in Indonesia, more precisely '' batik tulis'' (lit. "written batik"). Traditional ' ...
reference to name of the river Veyron.
Demographics
Chavannes-le-Veyron has a population () of . , 4.9% 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 -12.1%. It has changed at a rate of -14.4% due to migration and at a rate of 2.3% due to births and deaths.
accessed 19-May-2011German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
being second most common (5 or 4.0%) and Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
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*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Port ...
being third (2 or 1.6%).[
Of the population in the municipality 49 or about 39.2% were born in Chavannes-le-Veyron and lived there in 2000. There were 46 or 36.8% who were born in the same canton, while 13 or 10.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 17 or 13.6% were born outside of Switzerland.][
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 4 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1 people. This represents a ]population growth rate
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...
of 4.2%.[
The age distribution, , in Chavannes-le-Veyron is; 13 children or 11.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 14 teenagers or 12.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 12 people or 10.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 12 people or 10.3% are between 30 and 39, 21 people or 18.1% are between 40 and 49, and 19 people or 16.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 19 people or 16.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 3 people or 2.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 3 people or 2.6% who are between 80 and 89.][Canton of Vaud Statistical Office]
accessed 29 April 2011
, there were 54 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 57 married individuals, 3 widows or widowers and 11 individuals who are divorced.[STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 44 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household.[ There were 7 households that consist of only one person and 8 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 44 households that answered this question, 15.9% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 14 married couples without children, 20 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people.][
there were 15 single family homes (or 51.7% of the total) out of a total of 29 inhabited buildings. There were 4 multi-family buildings (13.8%), along with 9 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (31.0%) and 1 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.4%). Of the single family homes 7 were built before 1919, while 1 was built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (3) were built before 1919 and the next most (1) were built between 1919 and 1945.][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011
there were 43 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 13. There were 1 single room apartments and 20 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 42 apartments (97.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartment was seasonally occupied.[ , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.][ The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 4.65%.][
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
Heritage sites of national significance
The sawmill french: Scierie is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SVP which received 32.59% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (29%), the FDP (10.53%) and the Other (9.42%). In the federal election, a total of 48 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Univ ...
was 54.5%.
Economy
, Chavannes-le-Veyron had an unemployment rate of 0.2%. , there were 19 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person was 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 constructio ...
and there was 1 business in this sector. 8 people were employed in the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector ( raw materials) and the secon ...
, with 4 businesses in this sector.[ There were 72 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.4% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 21. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, 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 6. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 33.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 33.3% were technical professionals or scientists and 1 was in education.
, there were 3 workers who commuted into the municipality and 45 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 15.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 4.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 58.3% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 24 or 19.2% were Roman Catholic
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
, while 74 or 59.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 9 individuals (or about 7.20% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 13 (or about 10.40% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 3 individuals (or about 2.40% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Chavannes-le-Veyron about 52 or (41.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...
, and 19 or (15.2%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 19 who completed tertiary schooling, 47.4% were Swiss men, 36.8% were Swiss women.[
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 11 students in the Chavannes-le-Veyron 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 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
program requires students to attend for four years. There were 4 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 7 students in those schools.[Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition]
accessed 2 May 2011
, there were 9 students in Chavannes-le-Veyron who came from another municipality, while 22 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[
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References
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Municipalities of the canton of Vaud