Pizy is a former
municipality
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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 ...
. It is located in the district of
Morges
Morges (; , Plurale tantum, plural, probably Ablative (Latin), ablative, else dative; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud and the seat of the Morges District, distri ...
. On July 1, 2011 it was merged into
Aubonne.
History
Pizy is first mentioned in 1188 as ''Pisis''.
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Geography
Pizy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 65.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% 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 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, 24.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 55.0% is used for growing crops and 10.4% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[
The municipality was part of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Pizy became part of the new district of Morges.][Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
The municipality consists of scattered houses between Aubonne and Gimel
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The municipality of Pizy was merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Aubonne.[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Azure, on two Hills as many Columns Argent, three Escallops palewise Or.''
Demographics
Pizy has a population (as of 2003) of 78. , 9.3% 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 10.8%. It has changed at a rate of -2.7% due to migration and at a rate of 13.5% due to births and deaths.
accessed 18-May-2011[
Of the population in the municipality 24 or about 36.9% were born in Pizy and lived there in 2000. There were 19 or 29.2% who were born in the same canton, while 15 or 23.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 7 or 10.8% were born outside of Switzerland.][
In there was 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 non-Swiss man who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 3 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.4%.][
The age distribution, , in Pizy is; 13 children or 15.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 6 teenagers or 7.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 6 people or 7.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 15 people or 18.3% are between 30 and 39, 11 people or 13.4% are between 40 and 49, and 12 people or 14.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 8 people or 9.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, people or 0.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 10 people or 12.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.][Canton of Vaud Statistical Office]
accessed 29 April 2011
, there were 24 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 37 married individuals, 1 widow or widower and 3 individuals who are divorced.[STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
the average number of residents per living room was 0.46 which is fewer people per room than the cantonal average of 0.61 per room.[ In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 47.8% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a ]mortgage
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or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 29 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household.[ There were 10 households that consist of only one person and 1 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 30 households that answered this question, 33.3% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 9 married couples without children, 9 married couples with children There was one single parent with a child or children.][
there were 7 single family homes (or 38.9% of the total) out of a total of 18 inhabited buildings. There were 3 multi-family buildings (16.7%), along with 6 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (33.3%) and 2 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (11.1%). Of the single family homes 4 were built before 1919. The most multi-family homes (2) were built before 1919 and the next most (1) were built between 1961 and 1970.][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011
there were 27 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 10. There were 1 single room apartments and 8 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 23 apartments (85.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3 apartments (11.1%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty.[ , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.][ The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.][
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 56.33% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party (15.14%), the SP (12.9%) and the FDP (6.7%). In the federal election, a total of 23 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
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was 47.9%.
Economy
, Pizy had an unemployment rate of 0.8%. , there were 9 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 3 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 2 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.[ There were 38 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 11. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 6, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 3, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2, both technical professionals or scientists.
, there were 8 workers who commuted into the municipality and 21 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 2.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 52.6% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 11 or 16.9% were Roman Catholic
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, while 39 or 60.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
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. Of the rest of the population, and there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. 8 (or about 12.31% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist
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, and 6 individuals (or about 9.23% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Pizy about 30 or (46.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 8 or (12.3%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 8 who completed tertiary schooling, 37.5% were Swiss men, 50.0% were Swiss women.[
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 9 students in the Pizy 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
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program requires students to attend for four years. There were 5 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 4 students in those schools.[Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition]
accessed 2 May 2011
, there were 9 students from Pizy who attended schools outside the municipality.[
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References
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