Vaulion
Encyclopedia
Vaulion 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 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 44.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.1% is used for growing crops and 27.4% is pastures and 20.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Vaulion became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.
The municipality is located near the Nozon.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Azure, a letter V Gules, in chief three Harts Vert, Gules and Or radiating..
Most of the population speaks French
(405 or 92.7%), with German
being second most common (16 or 3.7%) and Portuguese
being third (6 or 1.4%). There are 2 people who speak Italian
.
The age distribution, , in Vaulion is; 43 children or 9.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 53 teenagers or 11.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 69 people or 15.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 46 people or 10.3% are between 30 and 39, 58 people or 13.0% are between 40 and 49, and 77 people or 17.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 43 people or 9.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 39 people or 8.7% are between 70 and 79, there are 18 people or 4.0% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 169 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 203 married individuals, 37 widows or widowers and 28 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.53 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 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 53% 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 191 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 71 households that consist of only one person and 17 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 194 households that answered this question, 36.6% 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 49 married couples without children, 50 married couples with children There were 16 single parents with a child or children. There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 3 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 74 single family homes (or 42.5% of the total) out of a total of 174 inhabited buildings. There were 40 multi-family buildings (23.0%), along with 43 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (24.7%) and 17 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (9.8%). , a total of 181 apartments (69.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 55 apartments (21.1%) were seasonally occupied and 25 apartments (9.6%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 4.1%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 27.09% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(24.05%), the FDP
(16.23%) and the Green Party
(10.23%). In the federal election, a total of 174 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 50.3%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 96. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 45, of which 21 were in agriculture and 23 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 31 of which 27 or (87.1%) were in manufacturing and 4 (12.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 20. In the tertiary sector; 7 or 35.0% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 10.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 45.0% were in a hotel or restaurant.
, there were 70 workers who commuted into the municipality and 122 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 25.7% of the workforce coming into Vaulion are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 7.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 56.4% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 24 individuals (or about 5.49% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 6 (or about 1.37% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 59 (or about 13.50% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 7 individuals (or about 1.60% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 38 who completed tertiary schooling, 68.4% were Swiss men, 23.7% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 45 students in the Vaulion 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 23 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 21 students in those schools. There was also 1 student who was home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 95 students in Vaulion who came from another municipality, while 50 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....
.
History
Vaulion is first mentioned in 1097 as Vallis Leonis. In 1160 it was mentioned as Valleuni and in 1316 as Vaulion.Geography
Vaulion has an area, , of 13.2 square kilometre. Of this area, 6.36 square kilometre or 48.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.39 square kilometre or 48.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.42 square kilometre or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acre) or 0.2% 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 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 44.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.1% is used for growing crops and 27.4% is pastures and 20.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Vaulion became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.
The municipality is located near the Nozon.
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 Azure, a letter V Gules, in chief three Harts Vert, Gules and Or radiating..
Demographics
Vaulion has a population of . , 7.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -0.4%. It has changed at a rate of 2.2% due to migration and at a rate of -2.2% 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...
(405 or 92.7%), 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 (16 or 3.7%) 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 (6 or 1.4%). There are 2 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 Vaulion is; 43 children or 9.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 53 teenagers or 11.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 69 people or 15.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 46 people or 10.3% are between 30 and 39, 58 people or 13.0% are between 40 and 49, and 77 people or 17.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 43 people or 9.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 39 people or 8.7% are between 70 and 79, there are 18 people or 4.0% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 169 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 203 married individuals, 37 widows or widowers and 28 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.53 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 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 53% 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 191 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 71 households that consist of only one person and 17 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 194 households that answered this question, 36.6% 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 49 married couples without children, 50 married couples with children There were 16 single parents with a child or children. There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 3 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 74 single family homes (or 42.5% of the total) out of a total of 174 inhabited buildings. There were 40 multi-family buildings (23.0%), along with 43 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (24.7%) and 17 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (9.8%). , a total of 181 apartments (69.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 55 apartments (21.1%) were seasonally occupied and 25 apartments (9.6%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 4.1%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Sights
The entire urban village of Vaulion is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage SitesInventory 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 27.09% 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....
(24.05%), 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....
(16.23%) 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:...
(10.23%). In the federal election, a total of 174 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 50.3%.
Economy
, Vaulion had an unemployment rate of 3.8%. , there were 51 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 34 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 28 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 10 businesses in this sector. There were 220 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.3% 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 96. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 45, of which 21 were in agriculture and 23 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 31 of which 27 or (87.1%) were in manufacturing and 4 (12.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 20. In the tertiary sector; 7 or 35.0% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 10.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 45.0% were in a hotel or restaurant.
, there were 70 workers who commuted into the municipality and 122 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 25.7% of the workforce coming into Vaulion are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 7.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 56.4% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 60 or 13.7% were Roman Catholic, while 289 or 66.1% 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 24 individuals (or about 5.49% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 6 (or about 1.37% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
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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. 59 (or about 13.50% 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 7 individuals (or about 1.60% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Vaulion about 155 or (35.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 38 or (8.7%) 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 38 who completed tertiary schooling, 68.4% were Swiss men, 23.7% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 45 students in the Vaulion 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 23 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 21 students in those schools. There was also 1 student who was home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 95 students in Vaulion who came from another municipality, while 50 residents attended schools outside the municipality.