Bassins
Encyclopedia
Bassins is a municipality
in the district of Nyon
in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 58.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.2% is used for growing crops and 3.6% is pastures and 23.6% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bassins became part of the new district of Nyon.
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains
on a small terrace above Nyon
.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Per fess, 1. Azure, on a ground Vert a pine tree of the same upon which a bird proper, and on each side passant toward the tree a fox proper and a bear Sable, langued and armed Gules; 2. Gules, on a base Argent a spring-well proper. The coat of arms is an example of canting
because the spring-well is a basin or in French, Bassin.
Most of the population speaks French
(681 or 81.9%), with German
being second most common (69 or 8.3%) and English
being third (46 or 5.5%). There are 10 people who speak Italian
.
The age distribution, , in Bassins is; 188 children or 16.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 153 teenagers or 13.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 81 people or 7.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 165 people or 14.8% are between 30 and 39, 226 people or 20.3% are between 40 and 49, and 128 people or 11.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 104 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 42 people or 3.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 23 people or 2.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 5 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
, there were 351 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 406 married individuals, 27 widows or widowers and 48 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 56.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 330 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 99 households that consist of only one person and 28 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 342 households that answered this question, 28.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 101 married couples without children, 103 married couples with children There were 21 single parents with a child or children. There were 4 households that were made up of unrelated people and 12 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 182 single family homes (or 66.9% of the total) out of a total of 272 inhabited buildings. There were 34 multi-family buildings (12.5%), along with 33 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (12.1%) and 23 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (8.5%). Of the single family homes 26 were built before 1919, while 18 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (50) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (11) were built before 1919 and the next most (9) were built between 1971 and 1980. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
, a total of 314 apartments (81.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 60 apartments (15.6%) were seasonally occupied and 11 apartments (2.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.8 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SP
which received 21.82% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(20.82%), the Green Party
(16.28%) and the FDP
(12.69%). In the federal election, a total of 297 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 48.6%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 137. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 28, of which 25 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 45 of which 24 or (53.3%) were in manufacturing and 22 (48.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 64. In the tertiary sector; 17 or 26.6% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 3.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 7 or 10.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 4.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 10.9% were in education and 4 or 6.3% were in health care.
, there were 67 workers who commuted into the municipality and 329 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 23.9% of the workforce coming into Bassins are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 14.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.3% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.72% of the population), and there were 59 individuals (or about 7.09% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals (or about 0.36% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 2 (or about 0.24% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 168 (or about 20.19% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 35 individuals (or about 4.21% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 179 who completed tertiary schooling, 50.3% were Swiss men, 29.1% were Swiss women, 13.4% were non-Swiss men and 7.3% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 205 students in the Bassins school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 1,249 children of which 563 children (45.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 125 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 77 students in those schools. There were also 3 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 5 students in Bassins who came from another municipality, while 100 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
, a walking trail showing World War II
defences.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Nyon
Nyon (district)
Nyon District is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Nyon.-Geography:Nyon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 42.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.7% is forested...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Vaud
Vaud
Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
Geography
Bassins has an area, , of 20.8 square kilometre. Of this area, 7.41 square kilometre or 35.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.73 square kilometre or 61.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7 square kilometre or 3.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.03 km² (7.4 acre) or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 58.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.2% is used for growing crops and 3.6% is pastures and 23.6% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bassins became part of the new district of Nyon.
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains
Jura mountains
The Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each...
on a small terrace above Nyon
Nyon
Nyon is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Geneva metropolitan area. It lies on the shores of Lake Geneva, and is the seat of the district of...
.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Per fess, 1. Azure, on a ground Vert a pine tree of the same upon which a bird proper, and on each side passant toward the tree a fox proper and a bear Sable, langued and armed Gules; 2. Gules, on a base Argent a spring-well proper. The coat of arms is an example of canting
Canting arms
Canting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name in a visual pun or rebus. The term cant came into the English language from Anglo-Norman cant, meaning song or singing, from Latin cantāre, and English cognates include canticle, chant, accent, incantation and recant.Canting arms –...
because the spring-well is a basin or in French, Bassin.
Demographics
Bassins has a population of . , 23.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 43%. It has changed at a rate of 31.3% due to migration and at a rate of 11.6% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
(681 or 81.9%), with German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
being second most common (69 or 8.3%) and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
being third (46 or 5.5%). There are 10 people who speak Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
.
The age distribution, , in Bassins is; 188 children or 16.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 153 teenagers or 13.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 81 people or 7.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 165 people or 14.8% are between 30 and 39, 226 people or 20.3% are between 40 and 49, and 128 people or 11.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 104 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 42 people or 3.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 23 people or 2.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 5 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
, there were 351 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 406 married individuals, 27 widows or widowers and 48 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 56.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 330 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 99 households that consist of only one person and 28 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 342 households that answered this question, 28.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 101 married couples without children, 103 married couples with children There were 21 single parents with a child or children. There were 4 households that were made up of unrelated people and 12 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 182 single family homes (or 66.9% of the total) out of a total of 272 inhabited buildings. There were 34 multi-family buildings (12.5%), along with 33 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (12.1%) and 23 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (8.5%). Of the single family homes 26 were built before 1919, while 18 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (50) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (11) were built before 1919 and the next most (9) were built between 1971 and 1980. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
, a total of 314 apartments (81.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 60 apartments (15.6%) were seasonally occupied and 11 apartments (2.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.8 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 electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
which received 21.82% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
(20.82%), the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(16.28%) and the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(12.69%). In the federal election, a total of 297 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 48.6%.
Economy
, Bassins had an unemployment rate of 3.2%. , there were 44 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 55 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 16 businesses in this sector. 88 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 21 businesses in this sector. There were 434 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 137. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 28, of which 25 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 45 of which 24 or (53.3%) were in manufacturing and 22 (48.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 64. In the tertiary sector; 17 or 26.6% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 3.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 7 or 10.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 4.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 10.9% were in education and 4 or 6.3% were in health care.
, there were 67 workers who commuted into the municipality and 329 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 23.9% of the workforce coming into Bassins are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 14.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.3% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 210 or 25.2% were Roman Catholic, while 374 or 45.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 0.72% of the population), and there were 59 individuals (or about 7.09% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals (or about 0.36% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 2 (or about 0.24% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 168 (or about 20.19% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 35 individuals (or about 4.21% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Bassins about 286 or (34.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 179 or (21.5%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 179 who completed tertiary schooling, 50.3% were Swiss men, 29.1% were Swiss women, 13.4% were non-Swiss men and 7.3% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 205 students in the Bassins school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 1,249 children of which 563 children (45.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 125 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 77 students in those schools. There were also 3 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 5 students in Bassins who came from another municipality, while 100 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Sights
It has a swimming pool (Piscine de Bassins) and is on the Toblerone lineToblerone line
The Toblerone line is a 10-km long defensive line made of dragon's teeth that was built during the second World War between Bassins and Prangins, in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. These lines of defensive blocks can be found all over Switzerland, but more predominantly in border areas. Their...
, a walking trail showing World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
defences.
External links
- http://www.bassins.ch
- http://www.piscinedebassins.ch