Yvorne
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Yvorne is a 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...

 of 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....

, located in the district of Aigle
Aigle (district)
Aigle District is a district of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.-Geography:Aigle has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 41.3% is forested...

.

Geography

Yvorne has an area, , of 12.2 square kilometres (4.7 sq mi). Of this area, 5.79 km² (2.2 sq mi) or 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.83 km² (1.9 sq mi) or 39.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.18 km² (0.455600547139191 sq mi) or 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.34 km² (0.131274733921462 sq mi) or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.07 km² (17.3 acre) or 0.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 29.1% is used for growing crops and 2.5% is pastures, while 15.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 1.2% is in lakes and 1.6% is in rivers and streams.

Yvorne is a vine-growing area and produces a noted white wine.

Coat of arms

The blazon
Blazon
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. Or, a letter Y Sable, 2. Sable, a Grape Bunch Or.

Demographics

Yvorne has a population of . , 12.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0.3%. It has changed at a rate of 0.8% due to migration and at a rate of -0.8% 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...

 (873 or 90.7%), 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 (34 or 3.5%) and 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...

 being third (19 or 2.0%).

Of the population in the municipality 324 or about 33.7% were born in Yvorne and lived there in 2000. There were 328 or 34.1% who were born in the same canton, while 141 or 14.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 142 or 14.8% were born outside of Switzerland.

In there were 7 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men who immigrated from another country to Switzerland and 3 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 24 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 9 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.6%.

The age distribution, , in Yvorne is; 102 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 94 teenagers or 9.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 119 people or 12.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 145 people or 15.0% are between 30 and 39, 138 people or 14.3% are between 40 and 49, and 146 people or 15.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 115 people or 11.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 57 people or 5.9% are between 70 and 79,there are 44 people or 4.5% who are 80 and 89, and there are 8 people or 0.8% who are 90 and older.

, there were 369 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 499 married individuals, 52 widows or widowers and 42 individuals who are divorced.

the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 49.2% 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 402 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 126 households that consist of only one person and 19 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 413 households that answered this question, 30.5% were households made up of just one person and there were 4 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 119 married couples without children, 135 married couples with children There were 13 single parents with a child or children. There were 5 households that were made up of unrelated people and 11 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.

there were 140 single family homes (or 51.1% of the total) out of a total of 274 inhabited buildings. There were 49 multi-family buildings (17.9%), along with 65 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (23.7%) and 20 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (7.3%). Of the single family homes 64 were built before 1919, while 8 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (26) were built before 1919 and the next most (5) were built between 1961 and 1970. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.

there were 413 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 116. There were 12 single room apartments and 125 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 354 apartments (85.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 35 apartments (8.5%) were seasonally occupied and 24 apartments (5.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.

The historical population is given in the following chart:

Politics

In the 2007 federal election
Swiss 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 23.94% 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...

 (22.37%), 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....

 (15.74%) and the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....

 (13.11%). In the federal election, a total of 292 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 44.1%.

Economy

, Yvorne had an unemployment rate of 2.7%. , there were 190 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 41 businesses involved in this sector. 39 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 10 businesses in this sector. 167 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 31 businesses in this sector. There were 509 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.9% 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 313. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 128, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 37 of which 27 or (73.0%) were in manufacturing and 10 (27.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 148. In the tertiary sector; 66 or 44.6% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 2.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 51 or 34.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 2.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 3.4% were in education and 8 or 5.4% were in health care.

, there were 253 workers who commuted into the municipality and 346 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 7.5% of the workforce coming into Yvorne are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 13.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.1% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 267 or 27.8% were Roman Catholic, while 524 or 54.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
Swiss 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 was 1 member of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
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 who belonged, and there were 16 individuals (or about 1.66% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 9 (or about 0.94% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
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ic. There were and 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 110 (or about 11.43% 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 32 individuals (or about 3.33% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education

In Yvorne about 364 or (37.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 107 or (11.1%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule
Fachhochschule
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 107 who completed tertiary schooling, 59.8% were Swiss men, 23.4% were Swiss women, 10.3% were non-Swiss men and 6.5% were non-Swiss women.

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 82 students in the Yvorne 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 205 children of which 96 children (46.8%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 45 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 36 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.

, there were 421 students in Yvorne who came from another municipality, while 76 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
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