Aire-la-Ville
Encyclopedia
Aire-la-Ville is a municipality
in the canton
of Geneva in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.8% of the area Out of the forested land, 21.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 35.8% is used for growing crops and 4.4% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The village is located on the left bank of the Rhône River
, at the same position as the Verbois dam
. The Cheneviers incineration plant is located within the community limits.
The municipality of Aire-la-Ville consists of the sub-sections or villages of Treulaz, Cheneviers, Vieux-Four and La Fin.
Most of the population speaks French
(625 or 84.9%), with English
being second most common (27 or 3.7%) and German
being third (25 or 3.4%). There are 2 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.4% male and 49.6% female. The population was made up of 471 Swiss men (40.9% of the population) and 110 (9.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 462 Swiss women (40.1%) and 109 (9.5%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 174 or about 23.6% were born in Aire-la-Ville and lived there in 2000. There were 252 or 34.2% who were born in the same canton, while 104 or 14.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 171 or 23.2% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 9 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 7 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 4 Swiss men and 2 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man and 1 non-Swiss woman 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 39 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 12 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.5%.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 30.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 7.5%.
, there were 320 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 359 married individuals, 22 widows or widowers and 35 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.63 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.64 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 60% 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 261 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 64 households that consist of only one person and 28 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 268 households that answered this question, 23.9% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 64 married couples without children, 109 married couples with children There were 22 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 7 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 149 single family homes (or 75.3% of the total) out of a total of 198 inhabited buildings. There were 25 multi-family buildings (12.6%), along with 16 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.1%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.0%). Of the single family homes 25 were built before 1919, while 26 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (45) were built between 1971 and 1980.
there were 270 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 91. There were 7 single room apartments and 92 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 250 apartments (92.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 16 apartments (5.9%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (1.5%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.25%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 25.22% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
(19.71%), the Green Party
(13.08%) and the FDP
(11.88%). In the federal election, a total of 333 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 55.8%.
In the 2009 Grand Conseil
election, there were a total of 656 registered voters of which 310 (47.3%) voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the MCG with 17.0% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the third highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the PDC
(with 15.4%), they were fifth in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Radicaux
(with 13.1%), they were sixth in the canton-wide election.
For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 660 registered voters of which 383 (58.0%) voted.
In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Aire-la-Ville there were 13 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 790 registered voters of which 424 (53.7%) voted. Out of the 424 votes, there were 8 null or unreadable votes and 53 votes with a name that was not on the list.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 175. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 5, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 151 of which 2 or (1.3%) were in manufacturing and 13 (8.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 19. In the tertiary sector; 5 or 26.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 42.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 5 or 26.3% were in education.
, there were 189 workers who commuted into the municipality and 322 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 2.1% of the workforce coming into Aire-la-Ville are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 10.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.7% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.54% of the population), and there were 5 individuals (or about 0.68% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.27% of the population) who were Jewish
, and there was 1 individual who was Islam
ic. There were 3 individuals who were Buddhist
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 162 (or about 22.01% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 59 individuals (or about 8.02% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 158 who completed tertiary schooling, 46.2% were Swiss men, 30.4% were Swiss women, 13.3% were non-Swiss men and 10.1% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 259 students in the Aire-la-Ville school system. The education system
in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten
. During that school year, there were 32 children who were too young for kindergarten. The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten
and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In Aire-la-Ville there were 32 students in kindergarten or primary school and 6 students were in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school
program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 32 lower secondary students who attended school in Aire-la-Ville. There were 70 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 6 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 19 students attended a private school.
, there were 3 students in Aire-la-Ville who came from another municipality, while 82 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 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 Geneva 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
Aire-la-Ville is first mentioned in 1429 as Aeria Villa. In 1666 it was mentioned as Haire-la-Ville.Geography
Aire-la-Ville has an area, , of 2.93 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi). Of this area, 1.21 km² (0.467183611896967 sq mi) or 41.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.67 km² (0.258688446256998 sq mi) or 22.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.58 km² (0.22393925198367 sq mi) or 19.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.41 km² (0.158301885022939 sq mi) or 14.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.8% of the area Out of the forested land, 21.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 35.8% is used for growing crops and 4.4% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The village is located on the left bank of the Rhône River
Rhône River
The Rhone is one of the major rivers of Europe, rising in Switzerland and running from there through southeastern France. At Arles, near its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, the river divides into two branches, known as the Great Rhone and the Little Rhone...
, at the same position as the Verbois dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
. The Cheneviers incineration plant is located within the community limits.
The municipality of Aire-la-Ville consists of the sub-sections or villages of Treulaz, Cheneviers, Vieux-Four and La Fin.
Demographics
Aire-la-Ville has a population of . , 20.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 54%. It has changed at a rate of 44.8% due to migration and at a rate of 9.7% 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...
(625 or 84.9%), with English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
being second most common (27 or 3.7%) and 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 third (25 or 3.4%). There are 2 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.4% male and 49.6% female. The population was made up of 471 Swiss men (40.9% of the population) and 110 (9.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 462 Swiss women (40.1%) and 109 (9.5%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 174 or about 23.6% were born in Aire-la-Ville and lived there in 2000. There were 252 or 34.2% who were born in the same canton, while 104 or 14.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 171 or 23.2% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 9 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 7 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 4 Swiss men and 2 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man and 1 non-Swiss woman 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 39 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 12 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.5%.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 30.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 7.5%.
, there were 320 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 359 married individuals, 22 widows or widowers and 35 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.63 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.64 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 60% 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 261 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 64 households that consist of only one person and 28 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 268 households that answered this question, 23.9% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 64 married couples without children, 109 married couples with children There were 22 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 7 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 149 single family homes (or 75.3% of the total) out of a total of 198 inhabited buildings. There were 25 multi-family buildings (12.6%), along with 16 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.1%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.0%). Of the single family homes 25 were built before 1919, while 26 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (45) were built between 1971 and 1980.
there were 270 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 91. There were 7 single room apartments and 92 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 250 apartments (92.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 16 apartments (5.9%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (1.5%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.25%.
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 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 25.22% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(19.71%), 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:...
(13.08%) and 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....
(11.88%). In the federal election, a total of 333 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 55.8%.
In the 2009 Grand Conseil
Grand Council of Geneva
The Grand Council of Geneva is the legislature of the canton of Geneva, in Switzerland. Geneva, styled as a 'Republic and Canton', has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council has 100 seats, with members elected every four years...
election, there were a total of 656 registered voters of which 310 (47.3%) voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the MCG with 17.0% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the third highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the PDC
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(with 15.4%), they were fifth in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Radicaux
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
(with 13.1%), they were sixth in the canton-wide election.
For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 660 registered voters of which 383 (58.0%) voted.
In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Aire-la-Ville there were 13 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 790 registered voters of which 424 (53.7%) voted. Out of the 424 votes, there were 8 null or unreadable votes and 53 votes with a name that was not on the list.
Economy
, Aire-la-Ville had an unemployment rate of 7.6%. , there were 6 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 152 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 9 businesses in this sector. 20 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector. There were 373 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% 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 175. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 5, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 151 of which 2 or (1.3%) were in manufacturing and 13 (8.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 19. In the tertiary sector; 5 or 26.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 42.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 5 or 26.3% were in education.
, there were 189 workers who commuted into the municipality and 322 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 2.1% of the workforce coming into Aire-la-Ville are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 10.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.7% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 357 or 48.5% were Roman Catholic, while 142 or 19.3% 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 0.54% of the population), and there were 5 individuals (or about 0.68% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.27% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and there was 1 individual who was Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There were 3 individuals who were 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. 162 (or about 22.01% 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 59 individuals (or about 8.02% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Aire-la-Ville about 225 or (30.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 158 or (21.5%) 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 158 who completed tertiary schooling, 46.2% were Swiss men, 30.4% were Swiss women, 13.3% were non-Swiss men and 10.1% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 259 students in the Aire-la-Ville school system. The education system
Education in Switzerland
The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons...
in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
. During that school year, there were 32 children who were too young for kindergarten. The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In Aire-la-Ville there were 32 students in kindergarten or primary school and 6 students were in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 32 lower secondary students who attended school in Aire-la-Ville. There were 70 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 6 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 19 students attended a private school.
, there were 3 students in Aire-la-Ville who came from another municipality, while 82 residents attended schools outside the municipality.