Corcelles-près-Payerne
Encyclopedia
Corcelles-près-Payerne is a municipality
in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 2.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 73.5% is used for growing crops and 8.0% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Corcelles-près-Payerne became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
The municipality is located on the old highway toward Bern. As it has expanded, it has grown together with Payerne
.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Per pale Argent and Gules, overall a tobacco plant proper.
Most of the population speaks French
(1,464 or 89.1%), with German
being second most common (90 or 5.5%) and Portuguese
being third (25 or 1.5%). There are 18 people who speak Italian
.
Of the population in the municipality 586 or about 35.6% were born in Corcelles-près-Payerne and lived there in 2000. There were 383 or 23.3% who were born in the same canton, while 403 or 24.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 205 or 12.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 13 live births to Swiss citizens and 4 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 17 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 4 while the foreign population increased by 3. There were 2 Swiss men and 5 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 17 non-Swiss men and 14 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 8 and the non-Swiss population increased by 37 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.5%.
The age distribution, , in Corcelles-près-Payerne is; 227 children or 12.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 252 teenagers or 13.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 194 people or 10.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 290 people or 15.4% are between 30 and 39, 319 people or 16.9% are between 40 and 49, and 207 people or 11.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 204 people or 10.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 119 people or 6.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 66 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 10 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.
, there were 660 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 811 married individuals, 89 widows or widowers and 84 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 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 (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 45% 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 693 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 240 households that consist of only one person and 47 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 718 households that answered this question, 33.4% were households made up of just one person and there were 6 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 181 married couples without children, 222 married couples with children There were 37 single parents with a child or children. There were 7 households that were made up of unrelated people and 25 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 213 single family homes (or 52.5% of the total) out of a total of 406 inhabited buildings. There were 95 multi-family buildings (23.4%), along with 82 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (20.2%) and 16 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.9%). Of the single family homes 39 were built before 1919, while 25 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (32) were built before 1919 and the next most (11) were built between 1981 and 1990. There were 11 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 773 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 216. There were 28 single room apartments and 231 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 656 apartments (84.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 78 apartments (10.1%) were seasonally occupied and 39 apartments (5.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.1 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.7%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the FDP
which received 25.49% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(24.28%), the SP
(18.02%) and the LPS Party
(16.26%). In the federal election, a total of 618 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 50.6%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 424. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 91, of which 88 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 219 of which 181 or (82.6%) were in manufacturing and 38 (17.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 114. In the tertiary sector; 71 or 62.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 3.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 11.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 4 or 3.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 10 or 8.8% were in education and 2 or 1.8% were in health care.
, there were 203 workers who commuted into the municipality and 605 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 7.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 65.4% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 12 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.73% of the population), and there were 27 individuals (or about 1.64% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 30 (or about 1.82% of the population) who were Islam
ic. 99 (or about 6.02% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 77 individuals (or about 4.68% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 159 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.0% were Swiss men, 21.4% were Swiss women, 6.9% were non-Swiss men and 5.7% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 278 students in the Corcelles-près-Payerne 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 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 153 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 122 students in those schools. There were also 3 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 3 students in Corcelles-près-Payerne who came from another municipality, while 231 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 Broye-Vully 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
Corcelles-près-Payerne has an area, , of 12.13 square kilometres (4.7 sq mi). Of this area, 10.01 km² (3.9 sq mi) or 82.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.53 km² (0.204634144054044 sq mi) or 4.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.32 km² (0.509654849342146 sq mi) or 10.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.2 km² (0.077220431718507 sq mi) or 1.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.08 km² (19.8 acre) or 0.7% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 2.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 73.5% is used for growing crops and 8.0% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Corcelles-près-Payerne became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
The municipality is located on the old highway toward Bern. As it has expanded, it has grown together with Payerne
Payerne
Payerne is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the district of Payerne, and is now part of the district of Broye-Vully....
.
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 pale Argent and Gules, overall a tobacco plant proper.
Demographics
Corcelles-près-Payerne has a population of . , 15.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 15.5%. It has changed at a rate of 11.2% due to migration and at a rate of 4.5% 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...
(1,464 or 89.1%), 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 (90 or 5.5%) 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 (25 or 1.5%). There are 18 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 586 or about 35.6% were born in Corcelles-près-Payerne and lived there in 2000. There were 383 or 23.3% who were born in the same canton, while 403 or 24.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 205 or 12.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 13 live births to Swiss citizens and 4 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 17 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 4 while the foreign population increased by 3. There were 2 Swiss men and 5 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 17 non-Swiss men and 14 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 8 and the non-Swiss population increased by 37 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.5%.
The age distribution, , in Corcelles-près-Payerne is; 227 children or 12.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 252 teenagers or 13.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 194 people or 10.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 290 people or 15.4% are between 30 and 39, 319 people or 16.9% are between 40 and 49, and 207 people or 11.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 204 people or 10.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 119 people or 6.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 66 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 10 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.
, there were 660 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 811 married individuals, 89 widows or widowers and 84 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 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 (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 45% 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 693 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 240 households that consist of only one person and 47 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 718 households that answered this question, 33.4% were households made up of just one person and there were 6 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 181 married couples without children, 222 married couples with children There were 37 single parents with a child or children. There were 7 households that were made up of unrelated people and 25 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 213 single family homes (or 52.5% of the total) out of a total of 406 inhabited buildings. There were 95 multi-family buildings (23.4%), along with 82 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (20.2%) and 16 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.9%). Of the single family homes 39 were built before 1919, while 25 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (32) were built before 1919 and the next most (11) were built between 1981 and 1990. There were 11 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 773 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 216. There were 28 single room apartments and 231 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 656 apartments (84.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 78 apartments (10.1%) were seasonally occupied and 39 apartments (5.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.1 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.7%.
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 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....
which received 25.49% 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...
(24.28%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(18.02%) and 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....
(16.26%). In the federal election, a total of 618 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 50.6%.
Economy
, Corcelles-près-Payerne had an unemployment rate of 3.2%. , there were 128 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 43 businesses involved in this sector. 232 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 23 businesses in this sector. 139 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 40 businesses in this sector. There were 855 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.0% 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 424. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 91, of which 88 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 219 of which 181 or (82.6%) were in manufacturing and 38 (17.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 114. In the tertiary sector; 71 or 62.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 3.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 11.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 4 or 3.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 10 or 8.8% were in education and 2 or 1.8% were in health care.
, there were 203 workers who commuted into the municipality and 605 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 7.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 65.4% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 502 or 30.5% were Roman Catholic, while 897 or 54.6% 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 12 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 0.73% of the population), and there were 27 individuals (or about 1.64% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 30 (or about 1.82% 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. 99 (or about 6.02% 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 77 individuals (or about 4.68% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Corcelles-près-Payerne about 608 or (37.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 159 or (9.7%) 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 159 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.0% were Swiss men, 21.4% were Swiss women, 6.9% were non-Swiss men and 5.7% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 278 students in the Corcelles-près-Payerne 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 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 153 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 122 students in those schools. There were also 3 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 3 students in Corcelles-près-Payerne who came from another municipality, while 231 residents attended schools outside the municipality.