Belmont-sur-Lausanne
Encyclopedia
Belmont-sur-Lausanne is a municipality
in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 23.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.0% of the area Out of the forested land, 26.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.8% is used for growing crops and 16.6% is pastures, while 2.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Lausanne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Belmont-sur-Lausanne became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.
The municipality is located on a hill above Lake Geneva
, east of the Paudèze valley. It consists of the village of Belmont-sur-Lausanne, the hamlet
of Rochettaz and the ruins of the village of Les Chaffaises (grinding mill and sawmill).
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules, a triple mount Or, in chief Argent three May-beetles proper.
Most of the population speaks French
(2,058 or 87.3%), with German
being second most common (139 or 5.9%) and English
being third (38 or 1.6%). There are 36 people who speak Italian
and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
Of the population in the municipality 360 or about 15.3% were born in Belmont-sur-Lausanne and lived there in 2000. There were 934 or 39.6% who were born in the same canton, while 467 or 19.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 552 or 23.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 26 live births to Swiss citizens and 10 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 6 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 20 while the foreign population increased by 8. There were 2 Swiss men who immigrated back to Switzerland and 2 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 18 non-Swiss men and 16 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 16 and the non-Swiss population increased by 65 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.5%.
The age distribution, , in Belmont-sur-Lausanne is; 433 children or 13.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 464 teenagers or 14.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 291 people or 8.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 444 people or 13.5% are between 30 and 39, 645 people or 19.6% are between 40 and 49, and 469 people or 14.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 336 people or 10.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 153 people or 4.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 51 people or 1.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 7 people or 0.2% who are 90 and older.
, there were 951 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,190 married individuals, 68 widows or widowers and 149 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 square metre as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 53.9% 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 988 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 284 households that consist of only one person and 54 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,010 households that answered this question, 28.1% 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 311 married couples without children, 323 married couples with children There were 45 single parents with a child or children. There were 21 households that were made up of unrelated people and 22 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 374 single family homes (or 71.2% of the total) out of a total of 525 inhabited buildings. There were 111 multi-family buildings (21.1%), along with 32 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (6.1%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (1.5%). Of the single family homes 35 were built before 1919, while 43 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (105) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (27) were built between 1971 and 1980 and the next most (24) were built between 1981 and 1990. There were 5 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 1,115 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 360. There were 42 single room apartments and 334 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 963 apartments (86.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 136 apartments (12.2%) were seasonally occupied and 16 apartments (1.4%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 3.3 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.56%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SP
which received 20.75% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party
(16.7%), the SVP
(16.58%) and the FDP
(13.69%). In the federal election, a total of 916 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 50.3%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 305. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 48 of which 18 or (37.5%) were in manufacturing and 23 (47.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 243. In the tertiary sector; 52 or 21.4% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 20 or 8.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 28 or 11.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 9 or 3.7% were in the information industry, 7 or 2.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 26 or 10.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 1.6% were in education and 8 or 3.3% were in health care.
, there were 191 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,081 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 5.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 13% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.6% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 19 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.81% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.17% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 69 individuals (or about 2.93% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 19 individuals (or about 0.81% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 27 (or about 1.15% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 7 individuals who were Buddhist
, 3 individuals who were Hindu
and 5 individuals who belonged to another church. 406 (or about 17.22% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 82 individuals (or about 3.48% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 613 who completed tertiary schooling, 49.9% were Swiss men, 28.9% were Swiss women, 10.3% were non-Swiss men and 10.9% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 442 students in the Belmont-sur-Lausanne 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 665 children of which 232 children (34.9%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 229 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 211 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 129 students in Belmont-sur-Lausanne who came from another municipality, while 254 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
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in the district of Lavaux-Oron 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....
.
It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
.
Geography
Belmont-sur-Lausanne has an area, , of 2.65 square kilometre. Of this area, 0.93 square kilometre or 35.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.79 square kilometre or 29.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.88 square kilometre or 33.2% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 23.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.0% of the area Out of the forested land, 26.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.8% is used for growing crops and 16.6% is pastures, while 2.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Lausanne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Belmont-sur-Lausanne became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.
The municipality is located on a hill above Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva or Lake Léman is a lake in Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40.47 % under France...
, east of the Paudèze valley. It consists of the village of Belmont-sur-Lausanne, 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 Rochettaz and the ruins of the village of Les Chaffaises (grinding mill and sawmill).
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 Gules, a triple mount Or, in chief Argent three May-beetles proper.
Demographics
Belmont-sur-Lausanne has a population of . , 23.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 41.4%. It has changed at a rate of 29.1% due to migration and at a rate of 11.6% 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...
(2,058 or 87.3%), 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 (139 or 5.9%) 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 (38 or 1.6%). There are 36 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...
and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
Of the population in the municipality 360 or about 15.3% were born in Belmont-sur-Lausanne and lived there in 2000. There were 934 or 39.6% who were born in the same canton, while 467 or 19.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 552 or 23.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 26 live births to Swiss citizens and 10 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 6 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 20 while the foreign population increased by 8. There were 2 Swiss men who immigrated back to Switzerland and 2 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 18 non-Swiss men and 16 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 16 and the non-Swiss population increased by 65 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.5%.
The age distribution, , in Belmont-sur-Lausanne is; 433 children or 13.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 464 teenagers or 14.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 291 people or 8.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 444 people or 13.5% are between 30 and 39, 645 people or 19.6% are between 40 and 49, and 469 people or 14.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 336 people or 10.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 153 people or 4.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 51 people or 1.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 7 people or 0.2% who are 90 and older.
, there were 951 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,190 married individuals, 68 widows or widowers and 149 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 square metre as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 53.9% 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 988 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 284 households that consist of only one person and 54 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,010 households that answered this question, 28.1% 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 311 married couples without children, 323 married couples with children There were 45 single parents with a child or children. There were 21 households that were made up of unrelated people and 22 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 374 single family homes (or 71.2% of the total) out of a total of 525 inhabited buildings. There were 111 multi-family buildings (21.1%), along with 32 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (6.1%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (1.5%). Of the single family homes 35 were built before 1919, while 43 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (105) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (27) were built between 1971 and 1980 and the next most (24) were built between 1981 and 1990. There were 5 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 1,115 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 360. There were 42 single room apartments and 334 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 963 apartments (86.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 136 apartments (12.2%) were seasonally occupied and 16 apartments (1.4%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 3.3 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.56%.
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 SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
which received 20.75% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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:...
(16.7%), 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...
(16.58%) 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....
(13.69%). In the federal election, a total of 916 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
, Belmont-sur-Lausanne had an unemployment rate of 4.9%. , there were 26 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 55 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 14 businesses in this sector. 311 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 68 businesses in this sector. There were 1,276 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.8% 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 305. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 48 of which 18 or (37.5%) were in manufacturing and 23 (47.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 243. In the tertiary sector; 52 or 21.4% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 20 or 8.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 28 or 11.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 9 or 3.7% were in the information industry, 7 or 2.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 26 or 10.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 1.6% were in education and 8 or 3.3% were in health care.
, there were 191 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,081 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 5.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 13% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.6% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 842 or 35.7% were Roman Catholic, while 905 or 38.4% 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 19 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 0.81% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.17% 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 69 individuals (or about 2.93% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 19 individuals (or about 0.81% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 27 (or about 1.15% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
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ic. There were 7 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...
, 3 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 5 individuals who belonged to another church. 406 (or about 17.22% 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 82 individuals (or about 3.48% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Belmont-sur-Lausanne about 886 or (37.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 613 or (26.0%) 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 613 who completed tertiary schooling, 49.9% were Swiss men, 28.9% were Swiss women, 10.3% were non-Swiss men and 10.9% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 442 students in the Belmont-sur-Lausanne 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 665 children of which 232 children (34.9%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 229 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 211 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 129 students in Belmont-sur-Lausanne who came from another municipality, while 254 residents attended schools outside the municipality.