Chéserex
Encyclopedia
Chéserex 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 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.2%. Out of the forested land, 48.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.8% is used for growing crops and 2.7% is pastures and 6.3% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Chéserex became part of the new district of Nyon.
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains
. It consists of the village of Chéserex, the former Bonmont Abbey and the La Florettaz settlement.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Per fess, 1. Argent, seme of billets Sable, semi-lion Sable langued Gules; 2. Gules, in base a Coupeaux Vert, two Keys saltirewise Argent.
Most of the population speaks French
(828 or 79.4%), with German
being second most common (83 or 8.0%) and English
being third (69 or 6.6%). There are 10 people who speak Italian
and 3 people who speak Romansh.
The age distribution, , in Chéserex is; 138 children or 11.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 168 teenagers or 13.8% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 118 people or 9.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 157 people or 12.9% are between 30 and 39, 243 people or 20.0% are between 40 and 49, and 171 people or 14.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 142 people or 11.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 56 people or 4.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 20 people or 1.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 2 people or 0.2% who are 90 and older.
, there were 437 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 505 married individuals, 35 widows or widowers and 66 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.59 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 53.9% 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 424 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 118 households that consist of only one person and 26 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 434 households that answered this question, 27.2% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 121 married couples without children, 155 married couples with children There were 27 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 10 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 186 single family homes (or 68.9% of the total) out of a total of 270 inhabited buildings. There were 50 multi-family buildings (18.5%), along with 20 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.4%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.2%).
, a total of 397 apartments (86.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 48 apartments (10.5%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (2.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.37%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance
.
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 23.48% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party
(16.26%), the LPS Party
(14.09%) and the FDP
(13.93%). In the federal election, a total of 329 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 47.1%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 131. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 17 of which 1 was in manufacturing and 16 (94.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 99. In the tertiary sector; 10 or 10.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 36 or 36.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 6 or 6.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 6.1% were in education.
, there were 101 workers who commuted into the municipality and 472 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 15.8% of the workforce coming into Chéserex are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 11.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 75% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 7 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.67% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 52 individuals (or about 4.99% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.19% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 5 (or about 0.48% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist
and 4 individuals who belonged to another church. 204 (or about 19.56% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 34 individuals (or about 3.26% of the population) did not answer the question.
. The wettest month is December during which time Chéserex receives an average of 148 mm (5.8 in) of rain or snow. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 11.1 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 12.8, but with only 95 mm (3.7 in) of rain or snow. The driest month of the year is July with an average of 75 mm (3 in) of precipitation over 8.8 days.
). Of the 249 who completed tertiary schooling, 43.4% were Swiss men, 22.1% were Swiss women, 18.5% were non-Swiss men and 16.1% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 156 students in the Chéserex 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 75 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 79 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 10 students in Chéserex who came from another municipality, while 153 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
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
Chéserex has an area, , of 10.6 square kilometre. Of this area, 3.8 square kilometre or 36.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.26 square kilometre or 49.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.34 square kilometre or 12.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.16 square kilometre or 1.5% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.2%. Out of the forested land, 48.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.8% is used for growing crops and 2.7% is pastures and 6.3% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Chéserex 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...
. It consists of the village of Chéserex, the former Bonmont Abbey and the La Florettaz settlement.
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. Argent, seme of billets Sable, semi-lion Sable langued Gules; 2. Gules, in base a Coupeaux Vert, two Keys saltirewise Argent.
Demographics
Chéserex has a population of . , 23.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 21.6%. It has changed at a rate of 12.6% due to migration and at a rate of 10.1% 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...
(828 or 79.4%), 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 (83 or 8.0%) 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 (69 or 6.6%). 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...
and 3 people who speak Romansh.
The age distribution, , in Chéserex is; 138 children or 11.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 168 teenagers or 13.8% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 118 people or 9.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 157 people or 12.9% are between 30 and 39, 243 people or 20.0% are between 40 and 49, and 171 people or 14.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 142 people or 11.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 56 people or 4.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 20 people or 1.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 2 people or 0.2% who are 90 and older.
, there were 437 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 505 married individuals, 35 widows or widowers and 66 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.59 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 53.9% 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 424 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 118 households that consist of only one person and 26 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 434 households that answered this question, 27.2% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 121 married couples without children, 155 married couples with children There were 27 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 10 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 186 single family homes (or 68.9% of the total) out of a total of 270 inhabited buildings. There were 50 multi-family buildings (18.5%), along with 20 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.4%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.2%).
, a total of 397 apartments (86.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 48 apartments (10.5%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (2.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.37%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Heritage sites of national significance
The Church of the Old Bonmont AbbeyBonmont Abbey
Bonmont Abbey is the former Cistercian monastery in the municipality of Chéserex in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.-History:...
is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance
Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
.
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 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...
which received 23.48% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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:...
(16.26%), the LPS Party
Liberal Party of Switzerland
The Liberal Party of Switzerland was a party with economically liberal policies. It was known as a party of the upper class. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the larger Free Democratic Party to establish FDP.The Liberals....
(14.09%) 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....
(13.93%). In the federal election, a total of 329 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 47.1%.
Economy
, Chéserex had an unemployment rate of 3.3%. , there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 19 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 112 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 18 businesses in this sector. There were 564 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.6% 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 131. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 17 of which 1 was in manufacturing and 16 (94.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 99. In the tertiary sector; 10 or 10.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 36 or 36.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 6 or 6.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 6.1% were in education.
, there were 101 workers who commuted into the municipality and 472 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 15.8% of the workforce coming into Chéserex are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 11.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 75% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 342 or 32.8% were Roman Catholic, while 411 or 39.4% 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 7 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 0.67% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
, and there were 52 individuals (or about 4.99% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.19% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 5 (or about 0.48% 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 were 2 individuals who were 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 4 individuals who belonged to another church. 204 (or about 19.56% 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 34 individuals (or about 3.26% of the population) did not answer the question.
Weather
Chéserex has an average of 126.9 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives 1289 mm (50.7 in) of precipitationPrecipitation (meteorology)
In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation (also known as one of the classes of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity. The main forms of precipitation...
. The wettest month is December during which time Chéserex receives an average of 148 mm (5.8 in) of rain or snow. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 11.1 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 12.8, but with only 95 mm (3.7 in) of rain or snow. The driest month of the year is July with an average of 75 mm (3 in) of precipitation over 8.8 days.
Education
In Chéserex about 391 or (37.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 249 or (23.9%) 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 249 who completed tertiary schooling, 43.4% were Swiss men, 22.1% were Swiss women, 18.5% were non-Swiss men and 16.1% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 156 students in the Chéserex 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 75 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 79 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 10 students in Chéserex who came from another municipality, while 153 residents attended schools outside the municipality.