Concise
Encyclopedia
Concise is a municipality
in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area Out of the forested land, 64.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 9.0% is used for growing crops and 6.3% is pastures, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 4.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality was part of the Grandson District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Concise became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.
The municipality is located along the border with the Canton of Neuchatel
. It stretches from the shores of Lake Neuchatel
to Mont Aubert. It consists of the village of Concise, the hamlets
of La Lance and La Raisse and multiple alpine settlements in the Jura Mountains
.
The municipalities of Concise, Corcelles-près-Concise
, Mutrux
and Onnens are considering a merger on 1 January 2014 into the new municipality of with an, , undetermined name.
Most of the population speaks French
(603 or 88.2%), with German
being second most common (40 or 5.8%) and Portuguese
being third (22 or 3.2%). There are 6 people who speak Italian
.
Of the population in the municipality 173 or about 25.3% were born in Concise and lived there in 2000. There were 201 or 29.4% who were born in the same canton, while 198 or 28.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 103 or 15.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 2 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 4 non-Swiss men and 4 non-Swiss women 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 19 and the non-Swiss population increased by 8 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.8%.
The age distribution, , in Concise is; 90 children or 11.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 94 teenagers or 12.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 85 people or 10.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 89 people or 11.4% are between 30 and 39, 139 people or 17.8% are between 40 and 49, and 87 people or 11.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 100 people or 12.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 59 people or 7.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 29 people or 3.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 7 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.
, there were 246 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 332 married individuals, 42 widows or widowers and 64 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.55 which is less 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 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 50.7% 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 289 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 96 households that consist of only one person and 14 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 299 households that answered this question, 32.1% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 84 married couples without children, 87 married couples with children There were 17 single parents with a child or children. There were 5 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 122 single family homes (or 51.7% of the total) out of a total of 236 inhabited buildings. There were 54 multi-family buildings (22.9%), along with 35 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (14.8%) and 25 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (10.6%). Of the single family homes 58 were built before 1919, while 9 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (36) were built before 1919 and the next most (7) were built between 1919 and 1945.
there were 366 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 102. There were 11 single room apartments and 106 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 276 apartments (75.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 70 apartments (19.1%) were seasonally occupied and 20 apartments (5.5%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.3 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.26%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
quarry
at La Raisse/En Favarges and the bay and lakeshore neolithic
and Bronze Age
settlements of Sous-Colachoz are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance
. The entire village of Concise and the La Lance area are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
.
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 29% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(16.82%), the FDP
(13.96%) and the Green Party
(13.45%). In the federal election, a total of 239 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 49.8%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 134. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 34 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 24 of which 13 or (54.2%) were in manufacturing and 11 (45.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 74. In the tertiary sector; 11 or 14.9% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 2.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 10.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 9.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 2.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 9.5% were in education and 25 or 33.8% were in health care.
, there were 70 workers who commuted into the municipality and 219 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 7.1% of the workforce coming into Concise are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 11% used public transportation to get to work, and 60.8% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.58% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 12 individuals (or about 1.75% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
, and 4 (or about 0.58% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 110 (or about 16.08% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 15 individuals (or about 2.19% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 86 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.3% were Swiss men, 22.1% were Swiss women and 8.1% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 117 students in the Concise 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 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 64 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 52 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 69 students in Concise who came from another municipality, while 63 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 Jura-Nord Vaudois 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
Concise has an area, , of 11.4 square kilometres (4.4 sq mi). Of this area, 2.78 km² (1.1 sq mi) or 24.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.56 km² (2.9 sq mi) or 66.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1 km² (0.386102158592535 sq mi) or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acre) or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area Out of the forested land, 64.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 9.0% is used for growing crops and 6.3% is pastures, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 4.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality was part of the Grandson District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Concise became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.
The municipality is located along the border with the Canton of Neuchatel
Canton of Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel is a canton of French speaking western Switzerland. In 2007, its population was 169,782 of which 39,654 were foreigners. The capital is Neuchâtel.-History:...
. It stretches from the shores of Lake Neuchatel
Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel is a lake in Romandy, Switzerland . The lake lies mainly in the canton of Neuchâtel, but is also shared by the cantons of Vaud, of Fribourg, and of Bern....
to Mont Aubert. It consists of the village of Concise, the hamlets
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of La Lance and La Raisse and multiple alpine settlements in 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...
.
The municipalities of Concise, Corcelles-près-Concise
Corcelles-près-Concise
Corcelles-près-Concise is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Corcelles-près-Concise is first mentioned in 885 as Corceles. In 888 it was mentioned as Corcella.-Geography:...
, Mutrux
Mutrux
Mutrux is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Mutrux is first mentioned in 1309 as Mostrue. In 1359 it was mentioned as Mustrueu.-Geography:...
and Onnens are considering a merger on 1 January 2014 into the new municipality of with an, , undetermined name.
Demographics
Concise has a population of . , 12.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 16.6%. It has changed at a rate of 12.6% due to migration and at a rate of 4.3% 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...
(603 or 88.2%), 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 (40 or 5.8%) and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
being third (22 or 3.2%). There are 6 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...
.
Of the population in the municipality 173 or about 25.3% were born in Concise and lived there in 2000. There were 201 or 29.4% who were born in the same canton, while 198 or 28.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 103 or 15.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 2 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 4 non-Swiss men and 4 non-Swiss women 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 19 and the non-Swiss population increased by 8 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.8%.
The age distribution, , in Concise is; 90 children or 11.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 94 teenagers or 12.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 85 people or 10.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 89 people or 11.4% are between 30 and 39, 139 people or 17.8% are between 40 and 49, and 87 people or 11.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 100 people or 12.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 59 people or 7.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 29 people or 3.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 7 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.
, there were 246 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 332 married individuals, 42 widows or widowers and 64 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.55 which is less 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 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 50.7% 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 289 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 96 households that consist of only one person and 14 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 299 households that answered this question, 32.1% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 84 married couples without children, 87 married couples with children There were 17 single parents with a child or children. There were 5 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 122 single family homes (or 51.7% of the total) out of a total of 236 inhabited buildings. There were 54 multi-family buildings (22.9%), along with 35 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (14.8%) and 25 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (10.6%). Of the single family homes 58 were built before 1919, while 9 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (36) were built before 1919 and the next most (7) were built between 1919 and 1945.
there were 366 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 102. There were 11 single room apartments and 106 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 276 apartments (75.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 70 apartments (19.1%) were seasonally occupied and 20 apartments (5.5%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.3 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.26%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Heritage sites of national significance
The Ancienne Chartreuse De La Lance, the Roman eraSwitzerland in the Roman era
The history of Switzerland in the Roman era encompasses the roughly six centuries during which the territory of modern Switzerland was a part of the Roman Republic and Empire...
quarry
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement...
at La Raisse/En Favarges and the bay and lakeshore neolithic
Neolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
and Bronze Age
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
settlements of Sous-Colachoz are listed as 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...
. The entire village of Concise and the La Lance area are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.-Sites of national importance:-Types:...
.
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 29% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(16.82%), 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....
(13.96%) and 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:...
(13.45%). In the federal election, a total of 239 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 49.8%.
Economy
, Concise had an unemployment rate of 3.6%. , there were 65 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 26 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 106 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 25 businesses in this sector. There were 337 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.5% 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 134. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 34 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 24 of which 13 or (54.2%) were in manufacturing and 11 (45.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 74. In the tertiary sector; 11 or 14.9% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 2.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 10.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 9.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 2.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 9.5% were in education and 25 or 33.8% were in health care.
, there were 70 workers who commuted into the municipality and 219 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 7.1% of the workforce coming into Concise are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 11% used public transportation to get to work, and 60.8% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 147 or 21.5% were Roman Catholic, while 394 or 57.6% 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 4 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 0.58% 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 12 individuals (or about 1.75% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 4 (or about 0.58% 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. 110 (or about 16.08% 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 15 individuals (or about 2.19% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Concise about 255 or (37.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 86 or (12.6%) 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 86 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.3% were Swiss men, 22.1% were Swiss women and 8.1% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 117 students in the Concise 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 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 64 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 52 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 69 students in Concise who came from another municipality, while 63 residents attended schools outside the municipality.