Coppet
Encyclopedia
Coppet is a municipality
in the district of Nyon
in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 45.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 22.5% is used for growing crops and 5.9% is pastures, while 5.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality was part of the old Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Coppet became part of the new district of Nyon.
The municipality is located along the banks of Lake Geneva
on the Lausanne
-Geneva
road.
Most of the population speaks French
(1,678 or 71.1%), with English
being second most common (247 or 10.5%) and German
being third (173 or 7.3%). There are 45 people who speak Italian
and 2 people who speak Romansh.
The age distribution, , in Coppet is; 348 children or 12.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 379 teenagers or 13.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 266 people or 9.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 329 people or 11.7% are between 30 and 39, 499 people or 17.8% are between 40 and 49, and 393 people or 14.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 324 people or 11.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 193 people or 6.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 69 people or 2.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.1% who are 90 and older.
, there were 970 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,186 married individuals, 89 widows or widowers and 115 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 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 53.4% 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 884 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 249 households that consist of only one person and 70 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 900 households that answered this question, 27.7% were households made up of just one person and there were 5 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 226 married couples without children, 338 married couples with children There were 58 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 16 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 436 single family homes (or 75.7% of the total) out of a total of 576 inhabited buildings. There were 70 multi-family buildings (12.2%), along with 51 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.9%) and 19 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.3%).
, a total of 847 apartments (85.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 127 apartments (12.8%) were seasonally occupied and 21 apartments (2.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.08%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Coppet Castle
and the Institut Européen De L’Université De Genève, Centre D’Archives Européennes along with the Temple (former church of the Dominicans
) are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance
. The entire small city of Coppet is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
.
with the towns of Calalzo di cadore
, Italy
and Maulévrier
, France
.
It is celebrated as the home of Madame de Stael, the Château de Coppet, her burial-place and that of Jacques Necker
, her father.
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 25.31% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the LPS Party
(16.24%), the FDP
(14.05%) and the Green Party
(13.53%). In the federal election, a total of 643 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 49.0%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 672. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 3, of which were in agriculture and 3 were in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 110 of which 49 or (44.5%) were in manufacturing and 60 (54.5%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 559. In the tertiary sector; 73 or 13.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 21 or 3.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 43 or 7.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 1.4% were in the information industry, 11 or 2.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 36 or 6.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 76 or 13.6% were in education and 224 or 40.1% were in health care.
, there were 427 workers who commuted into the municipality and 919 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 15.0% of the workforce coming into Coppet are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.2% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 14.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 70.2% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 25 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 1.06% of the population), and there were 90 individuals (or about 3.81% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 18 individuals (or about 0.76% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 52 (or about 2.20% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 12 individuals who were Buddhist
, 2 individuals who were Hindu
and 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 421 (or about 17.84% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 190 individuals (or about 8.05% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 664 who completed tertiary schooling, 33.6% were Swiss men, 22.7% were Swiss women, 27.3% were non-Swiss men and 16.4% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 273 students in the Coppet 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 1,249 children of which 563 children (45.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 154 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 119 students in those schools.
Coppet is home to the Château de Coppet and the Musée de Coppet. In 2009 the Château de Coppet was visited by 4,566 visitors (the average in previous years was 5,666). In 2009 the Musée de Coppet was visited by 269 visitors (the average in previous years was 201).
, there were 616 students in Coppet who came from another municipality, while 267 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 district of Nyon
Nyon (district)
Nyon District is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Nyon.-Geography:Nyon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 42.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.7% is forested...
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....
.
History
Coppet is first mentioned in 1294 as Copetum. In 1347 it was mentioned as Copet.Geography
Coppet has an area, , of 1.9 square kilometre. Of this area, 0.63 square kilometre or 33.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.06 square kilometre or 3.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.17 square kilometre or 62.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 45.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 22.5% is used for growing crops and 5.9% is pastures, while 5.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality was part of the old Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Coppet became part of the new district of Nyon.
The municipality is located along the banks of 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...
on the 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...
-Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
road.
Demographics
Coppet has a population of . , 41.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 29.9%. It has changed at a rate of 24% due to migration and at a rate of 7.1% 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...
(1,678 or 71.1%), 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 (247 or 10.5%) 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 (173 or 7.3%). There are 45 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 2 people who speak Romansh.
The age distribution, , in Coppet is; 348 children or 12.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 379 teenagers or 13.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 266 people or 9.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 329 people or 11.7% are between 30 and 39, 499 people or 17.8% are between 40 and 49, and 393 people or 14.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 324 people or 11.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 193 people or 6.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 69 people or 2.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.1% who are 90 and older.
, there were 970 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,186 married individuals, 89 widows or widowers and 115 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 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 53.4% 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 884 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 249 households that consist of only one person and 70 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 900 households that answered this question, 27.7% were households made up of just one person and there were 5 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 226 married couples without children, 338 married couples with children There were 58 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 16 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 436 single family homes (or 75.7% of the total) out of a total of 576 inhabited buildings. There were 70 multi-family buildings (12.2%), along with 51 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.9%) and 19 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.3%).
, a total of 847 apartments (85.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 127 apartments (12.8%) were seasonally occupied and 21 apartments (2.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.08%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Heritage sites of national significance
Coppet Castle
Coppet Castle is a castle in the municipality of Coppet of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.-References:...
and the Institut Européen De L’Université De Genève, Centre D’Archives Européennes along with the Temple (former church of the Dominicans
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
) are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance
Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
. The entire small city of Coppet is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
Inventory 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:...
.
Twin Towns
Coppet is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
with the towns of Calalzo di cadore
Calalzo di Cadore
Calalzo di Cadore is a municipality of 2415 inhabitants of the province of Belluno, in the region of Veneto .Nearby is a Lake, called Lake Calalzo, which is 12 kilometres long.-Cycling path:...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and Maulévrier
Maulévrier
Maulévrier is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Notable residents
Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789.-Early life:...
, her father.
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 25.31% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the LPS Party
Liberal Party of Switzerland
The Liberal Party of Switzerland was a party with economically liberal policies. It was known as a party of the upper class. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the larger Free Democratic Party to establish FDP.The Liberals....
(16.24%), 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....
(14.05%) and 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:...
(13.53%). In the federal election, a total of 643 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 49.0%.
Economy
, Coppet had an unemployment rate of 4.4%. , there were 4 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 114 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 14 businesses in this sector. 676 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 117 businesses in this sector. There were 1,183 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.4% 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 672. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 3, of which were in agriculture and 3 were in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 110 of which 49 or (44.5%) were in manufacturing and 60 (54.5%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 559. In the tertiary sector; 73 or 13.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 21 or 3.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 43 or 7.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 1.4% were in the information industry, 11 or 2.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 36 or 6.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 76 or 13.6% were in education and 224 or 40.1% were in health care.
, there were 427 workers who commuted into the municipality and 919 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 15.0% of the workforce coming into Coppet are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.2% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 14.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 70.2% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 880 or 37.3% were Roman Catholic, while 703 or 29.8% 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 25 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 1.06% of the population), and there were 90 individuals (or about 3.81% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 18 individuals (or about 0.76% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 52 (or about 2.20% 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 12 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 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 421 (or about 17.84% 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 190 individuals (or about 8.05% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Coppet about 633 or (26.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 664 or (28.1%) 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 664 who completed tertiary schooling, 33.6% were Swiss men, 22.7% were Swiss women, 27.3% were non-Swiss men and 16.4% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 273 students in the Coppet 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 1,249 children of which 563 children (45.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 154 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 119 students in those schools.
Coppet is home to the Château de Coppet and the Musée de Coppet. In 2009 the Château de Coppet was visited by 4,566 visitors (the average in previous years was 5,666). In 2009 the Musée de Coppet was visited by 269 visitors (the average in previous years was 201).
, there were 616 students in Coppet who came from another municipality, while 267 residents attended schools outside the municipality.