Avusy
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Avusy is a municipality
in the canton
of Geneva in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 9.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 4.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 53.6% is used for growing crops and 8.5% is pastures, while 6.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the countryside outside Geneva. It consists of the villages of Avusy-Village, Athenaz, Sézegnin and the hamlet
of Champlong. The settlement of Seingier existed between the 13th and 15th Century, but has since vanished.
The municipality of Avusy consists of the sub-sections or villages of Le Château, Les Creux-du-Loup, Le Pigeonnier, Les Gravières and Le Renfort.
Most of the population speaks French
(1,019 or 86.6%), with German
being second most common (55 or 4.7%) and English
being third (50 or 4.2%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. The population was made up of 582 Swiss men (41.7% of the population) and 101 (7.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 620 Swiss women (44.4%) and 92 (6.6%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 251 or about 21.3% were born in Avusy and lived there in 2000. There were 428 or 36.4% who were born in the same canton, while 193 or 16.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 258 or 21.9% 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 6 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population increased by 2. There was 1 Swiss man and 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 4 non-Swiss men who immigrated from another country to Switzerland and 1 non-Swiss woman 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 53 and the non-Swiss population increased by 14 people. This represents a population growth rate of 5.1%. The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8%.
, there were 507 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 594 married individuals, 21 widows or widowers and 55 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.61 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 57.7% 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 430 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 98 households that consist of only one person and 43 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 443 households that answered this question, 22.1% were households made up of just one person and there were 3 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 115 married couples without children, 184 married couples with children There were 22 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 13 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 238 single family homes (or 72.3% of the total) out of a total of 329 inhabited buildings. There were 46 multi-family buildings (14.0%), along with 31 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.4%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.3%). Of the single family homes 65 were built before 1919, while 19 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (92) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 451 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 99. There were 21 single room apartments and 191 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 416 apartments (92.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 27 apartments (6.0%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (1.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.5 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the CVP
which received 21.23% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(19.38%), the Green Party
(17%) and the SP
(13.97%). In the federal election, a total of 424 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 51.8%.
In the 2009 Grand Conseil
election, there were a total of 874 registered voters of which 405 (46.3%) voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the PDC
with 18.2% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the fifth highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the Libéral
(with 13.4%), they were first in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Radicaux
(with 12.9%), they were sixth in the canton-wide election.
For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 865 registered voters of which 459 (53.1%) voted.
In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Avusy there were 13 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 965 registered voters of which 590 (61.1%) voted. Out of the 590 votes, there were 1 blank votes, 3 null or unreadable votes and 63 votes with a name that was not on the list.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 129. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 34, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 40 of which 10 or (25.0%) were in manufacturing, 17 or (42.5%) were in mining and 14 (35.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 55. In the tertiary sector; 8 or 14.5% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 18.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 7.3% were in the information industry, 15 or 27.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 12.7% were in education and 1 was in health care.
, there were 51 workers who commuted into the municipality and 531 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 10.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 15.7% of the workforce coming into Avusy are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 11.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 74.4% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.17% of the population), there were 3 individuals (or about 0.25% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 12 individuals (or about 1.02% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 4 (or about 0.34% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist
, 2 individuals who were Hindu
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 281 (or about 23.87% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 68 individuals (or about 5.78% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 305 who completed tertiary schooling, 42.0% were Swiss men, 38.4% were Swiss women, 11.1% were non-Swiss men and 8.5% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 342 students in the Avusy 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 in a pre-kindergarten class. 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 Avusy there were 46 students in kindergarten or primary school and 2 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 46 lower secondary students who attended school in Avusy. There were 73 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 10 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 29 students attended a private school.
, there were 5 students in Avusy who came from another municipality, while 134 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....
.
Geography
Avusy has an area, , of 5.19 square kilometres (2 sq mi). Of this area, 3.56 km² (1.4 sq mi) or 68.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.46 km² (0.177606992952566 sq mi) or 8.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.13 km² (0.436295439209565 sq mi) or 21.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acre) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 9.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 4.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 53.6% is used for growing crops and 8.5% is pastures, while 6.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the countryside outside Geneva. It consists of the villages of Avusy-Village, Athenaz, Sézegnin and the hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Champlong. The settlement of Seingier existed between the 13th and 15th Century, but has since vanished.
The municipality of Avusy consists of the sub-sections or villages of Le Château, Les Creux-du-Loup, Le Pigeonnier, Les Gravières and Le Renfort.
Demographics
Avusy has a population of . , 14.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 17%. It has changed at a rate of 9.1% due to migration and at a rate of 8.6% 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...
(1,019 or 86.6%), 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 (55 or 4.7%) and 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 third (50 or 4.2%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. The population was made up of 582 Swiss men (41.7% of the population) and 101 (7.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 620 Swiss women (44.4%) and 92 (6.6%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 251 or about 21.3% were born in Avusy and lived there in 2000. There were 428 or 36.4% who were born in the same canton, while 193 or 16.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 258 or 21.9% 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 6 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population increased by 2. There was 1 Swiss man and 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 4 non-Swiss men who immigrated from another country to Switzerland and 1 non-Swiss woman 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 53 and the non-Swiss population increased by 14 people. This represents a population growth rate of 5.1%. The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8%.
, there were 507 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 594 married individuals, 21 widows or widowers and 55 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.61 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 57.7% 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 430 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 98 households that consist of only one person and 43 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 443 households that answered this question, 22.1% were households made up of just one person and there were 3 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 115 married couples without children, 184 married couples with children There were 22 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 13 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 238 single family homes (or 72.3% of the total) out of a total of 329 inhabited buildings. There were 46 multi-family buildings (14.0%), along with 31 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.4%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.3%). Of the single family homes 65 were built before 1919, while 19 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (92) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 451 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 99. There were 21 single room apartments and 191 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 416 apartments (92.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 27 apartments (6.0%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (1.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.5 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Sights
The entire village of Sézegnin 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 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...
which received 21.23% 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...
(19.38%), 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:...
(17%) and the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(13.97%). In the federal election, a total of 424 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 51.8%.
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 874 registered voters of which 405 (46.3%) voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election 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 18.2% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the fifth highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the Libéral
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....
(with 13.4%), they were first 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 12.9%), they were sixth in the canton-wide election.
For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 865 registered voters of which 459 (53.1%) voted.
In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Avusy there were 13 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 965 registered voters of which 590 (61.1%) voted. Out of the 590 votes, there were 1 blank votes, 3 null or unreadable votes and 63 votes with a name that was not on the list.
Economy
, Avusy had an unemployment rate of 4%. , there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 43 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 10 businesses in this sector. 72 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 31 businesses in this sector. There were 622 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.0% 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 129. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 34, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 40 of which 10 or (25.0%) were in manufacturing, 17 or (42.5%) were in mining and 14 (35.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 55. In the tertiary sector; 8 or 14.5% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 18.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 7.3% were in the information industry, 15 or 27.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 12.7% were in education and 1 was in health care.
, there were 51 workers who commuted into the municipality and 531 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 10.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 15.7% of the workforce coming into Avusy are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 11.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 74.4% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 538 or 45.7% were Roman Catholic, while 264 or 22.4% 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 2 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 0.17% of the population), there were 3 individuals (or about 0.25% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
, and there were 12 individuals (or about 1.02% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 4 (or about 0.34% 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. There were 2 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...
, 2 individuals who were Hindu
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 281 (or about 23.87% 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 68 individuals (or about 5.78% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Avusy about 392 or (33.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 305 or (25.9%) 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 305 who completed tertiary schooling, 42.0% were Swiss men, 38.4% were Swiss women, 11.1% were non-Swiss men and 8.5% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 342 students in the Avusy 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 in a pre-kindergarten class. 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 Avusy there were 46 students in kindergarten or primary school and 2 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 46 lower secondary students who attended school in Avusy. There were 73 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 10 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 29 students attended a private school.
, there were 5 students in Avusy who came from another municipality, while 134 residents attended schools outside the municipality.