Cerniaz
Encyclopedia
Cerniaz is a former municipality
in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand
, Combremont-le-Petit
, Granges-près-Marnand
, Marnand
, Sassel
, Seigneux
and Villars-Bramard
merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Valbroye
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 19.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 63.3% is used for growing crops and 11.7% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Cerniaz became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
The former municipality is located on a plateau above the Broye valley and near the border with the Canton of Fribourg
. It consists of the village of Cerniaz and the hamlet
of La Morettaz.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules, three trunks bendwise eradicated Argent.
Most of the population speaks French
(62 or 98.4%) with the rest speaking German
.
Of the population in the municipality 28 or about 44.4% were born in Cerniaz and lived there in 2000. There were 20 or 31.7% who were born in the same canton, while 14 or 22.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1 or 1.6% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 8 and the non-Swiss population remained the same. This represents a population growth rate of -14.8%.
The age distribution, , in Cerniaz is; 3 children or 7.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 5 teenagers or 11.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 3 people or 7.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 6 people or 14.3% are between 30 and 39, 5 people or 11.9% are between 40 and 49, and 4 people or 9.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 7 people or 16.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 8 people or 19.0% are between 70 and 79,there is 1 person who is between 80 and 89.
, there were 25 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 26 married individuals, 7 widows or widowers and 5 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.52 which is less people per room than 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 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 27 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 7 households that consist of only one person and 2 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 27 households that answered this question, 25.9% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 10 married couples without children, 8 married couples with children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people.
there were 12 single family homes (or 50.0% of the total) out of a total of 24 inhabited buildings. There was 1 multi-family building (4.2%) and 11 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (45.8%). Of the single family homes 8 were built before 1919, while none were built between 1990 and 2000. The multi-family home was built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 26 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 9. There were 1 single room apartments and 15 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 25 apartments (96.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartment (3.8%) was seasonally occupied. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 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 SVP
which received 42.74% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(26.5%), the Green Party
(11.54%) and the EDU Party
(7.69%). In the federal election, a total of 13 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 31.0%.
jobs was 5, all of which were in agriculture.
, there were 14 workers who commuted away from the municipality. Of the working population, 4.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.1% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. 9 (or about 14.29% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
.
). Of the 4 who completed tertiary schooling, 75.0% were Swiss men, 25.0% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 3 students in the Cerniaz (VD) 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 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There was 1 student in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 2 students in those schools.
, there were 8 students from Cerniaz who 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 district of Broye-Vully 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....
.
The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand
Combremont-le-Grand
Combremont-le-Grand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new...
, Combremont-le-Petit
Combremont-le-Petit
Combremont-le-Petit is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new...
, Granges-près-Marnand
Granges-près-Marnand
Granges-près-Marnand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new...
, Marnand
Marnand
Marnand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
, Sassel
Sassel
Sassel is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The villages of Cerniaz , Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
, Seigneux
Seigneux
Seigneux is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The villages of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
and Villars-Bramard
Villars-Bramard
Villars-Bramard is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The villages of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Valbroye
Valbroye
Valbroye is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The villages of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
.
Geography
Cerniaz has an area, , of 1.8 square kilometre (0.694983885466563 sq mi). Of this area, 1.38 km² (0.532820978857698 sq mi) or 76.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.38 km² (0.146718820265163 sq mi) or 21.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.07 km² (17.3 acre) or 3.9% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 19.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 63.3% is used for growing crops and 11.7% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Cerniaz became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
The former municipality is located on a plateau above the Broye valley and near the border with the Canton of Fribourg
Canton of Fribourg
The Canton of Fribourg is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the west of the country. The capital of the canton is Fribourg. The name Fribourg is French, whereas is the German name for both the canton and the town.-History:...
. It consists of the village of Cerniaz 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 La Morettaz.
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, three trunks bendwise eradicated Argent.
Demographics
Cerniaz has a population of 42, all Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -36.4%. It has changed at a rate of -30.3% due to migration and at a rate of -6.1% 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...
(62 or 98.4%) with the rest speaking 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....
.
Of the population in the municipality 28 or about 44.4% were born in Cerniaz and lived there in 2000. There were 20 or 31.7% who were born in the same canton, while 14 or 22.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1 or 1.6% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 8 and the non-Swiss population remained the same. This represents a population growth rate of -14.8%.
The age distribution, , in Cerniaz is; 3 children or 7.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 5 teenagers or 11.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 3 people or 7.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 6 people or 14.3% are between 30 and 39, 5 people or 11.9% are between 40 and 49, and 4 people or 9.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 7 people or 16.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 8 people or 19.0% are between 70 and 79,there is 1 person who is between 80 and 89.
, there were 25 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 26 married individuals, 7 widows or widowers and 5 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.52 which is less people per room than 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 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 27 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 7 households that consist of only one person and 2 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 27 households that answered this question, 25.9% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 10 married couples without children, 8 married couples with children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people.
there were 12 single family homes (or 50.0% of the total) out of a total of 24 inhabited buildings. There was 1 multi-family building (4.2%) and 11 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (45.8%). Of the single family homes 8 were built before 1919, while none were built between 1990 and 2000. The multi-family home was built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 26 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 9. There were 1 single room apartments and 15 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 25 apartments (96.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartment (3.8%) was seasonally occupied. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 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 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 42.74% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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....
(26.5%), 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:...
(11.54%) and the EDU Party
Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland
The Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland is a political party in Switzerland....
(7.69%). In the federal election, a total of 13 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 31.0%.
Economy
, Cerniaz had an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 8 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the secondary sector or tertiary sector. There were 22 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 22.7% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalentFull-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 5, all of which were in agriculture.
, there were 14 workers who commuted away from the municipality. Of the working population, 4.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.1% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 13 or 20.6% were Roman Catholic, while 40 or 63.5% 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 was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. 9 (or about 14.29% 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...
.
Education
In Cerniaz about 19 or (30.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 4 or (6.3%) 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 4 who completed tertiary schooling, 75.0% were Swiss men, 25.0% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 3 students in the Cerniaz (VD) 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 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There was 1 student in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 2 students in those schools.
, there were 8 students from Cerniaz who attended schools outside the municipality.