Vugelles-La Mothe
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| Coordinates: 46°49′N 6°35′E / 46.817°N 6.583°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Vaud |
| District | Jura-Nord Vaudois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Syndic |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 520 m (1,710 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 131 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 1431 |
| SFOS number | 5937 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-VD |
| Surrounded by | Bullet, Giez, Novalles, Orges, Vuiteboeuf |
| Website | https://vugelleslamothe.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics |
Vugelles-La Mothe is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
[edit]Vugelles-La Mothe has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.1 square kilometers (1.2 sq mi). Of this area, 0.95 km2 (0.37 sq mi) or 30.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) or 64.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.13 km2 (32 acres) or 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.3% is unproductive land.[3]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 60.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.0% is used for growing crops and 14.3% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 1.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[3]
The municipality was part of the Yverdon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Vugelles-La Mothe became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.[4]
Coat of arms
[edit]The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, overall an Owl proper standing on a semi Mining-weel Or.[5]
Demographics
[edit]Vugelles-La Mothe has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 138.[6] As of 2008[update], 5.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[7] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.5%. It has changed at a rate of 3.6% due to migration and at a rate of 0% due to births and deaths.[8]
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (81 or 81.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (14 or 14.1%) and English is the third (2 or 2.0%).[9]
The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Vugelles-La Mothe is; 19 children or 16.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 15 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 13 people or 11.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 17 people or 14.7% are between 30 and 39, 17 people or 14.7% are between 40 and 49, and 15 people or 12.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 11 people or 9.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 5 people or 4.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 4 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89.[10]
As of 2000[update], there were 37 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 48 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 6 individuals who are divorced.[9]
As of 2000[update], there were 38 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.[8] There were 7 households that consist of only one person and 4 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 38 households that answered this question, 18.4% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 11 married couples without children, 15 married couples with children There were 5 single parents with a child or children.[9]
In 2000[update] there were 17 single family homes (or 53.1% of the total) out of a total of 32 inhabited buildings. There were 2 multi-family buildings (6.3%), along with 7 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (21.9%) and 6 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (18.8%).[11]
In 2000[update], a total of 36 apartments (92.3% of the total) were permanently occupied and 3 apartments (7.7%) were empty.[11] As of 2009[update], the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.[8] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010[update], was 0%.[8]
The historical population is given in the following chart:[12]
Politics
[edit]In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.54% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (18.21%), the FDP (11.38%) and the Green Party (9.63%). In the federal election, a total of 33 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.6%.[13]
Economy
[edit]As of 2010[update], Vugelles-La Mothe had an unemployment rate of 6.6%. As of 2008[update], there were 10 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 5 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 4 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.[8] There were 43 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.5% of the workforce.
In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 15. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 7, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 4 of which 3 or (75.0%) were in manufacturing The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4, all in a hotel or restaurant.[14]
In 2000[update], there were 7 workers who commuted into the municipality and 25 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[15] Of the working population, 7% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.2% used a private car.[8]
Religion
[edit]From the 2000 census[update], 10 or 10.1% were Roman Catholic, while 70 or 70.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. There were 2 individuals who were Hindu. 15 (or about 15.15% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 2 individuals (or about 2.02% of the population) did not answer the question.[9]
Education
[edit]In Vugelles-La Mothe about 29 or (29.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 16 or (16.2%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 16 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.3% were Swiss men, 37.5% were Swiss women.[9]
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 20 students in the Vugelles-La Mothe school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.[16] 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 9 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 9 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.[17]
As of 2000[update], there were 22 students from Vugelles-La Mothe who attended schools outside the municipality.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
- ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 4 April 2011
- ^ Flags of the World.com accessed 23-August-2011
- ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 (in German) accessed 19 June 2010
- ^ a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23-August-2011
- ^ a b c d e STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Archived 2013-08-09 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 2 February 2011
- ^ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office (in French) accessed 29 April 2011
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Archived 2014-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived 2014-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton (in German) accessed 28 May 2010
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Archived 2014-12-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Archived 2012-08-04 at archive.today (in German) accessed 24 June 2010
- ^ Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010 (in French) accessed 2 May 2011
- ^ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition (in French) accessed 2 May 2011
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