Corbeyrier
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Corbeyrier is a municipality
in Switzerland
in the canton of Vaud
, located in the district of Aigle. It became a municipality in 1718.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 47.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 5.0% is pastures and 30.8% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. Of the unproductive areas, 4.6% is unproductive vegetation and 2.2% is too rocky for vegetation.
The municipality is located in the Aigle district, on the right bank of Rhone
river. The municipality stretches from the upper end of the vineyard
of Yvorne to the alpine pastures of the Eau-Froide and Petit-Hongrin valleys. It consists of the village of Corbeyrier and the hamlets
of Boveau, Luan, Le Crettex and Vers Cort.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Or, a Wolf Head Sable, langued Gules.
Most of the population speaks French
(323 or 93.1%), with German
being second most common (13 or 3.7%) and Italian
being third (4 or 1.2%).
Of the population in the municipality 90 or about 25.9% were born in Corbeyrier and lived there in 2000. There were 134 or 38.6% who were born in the same canton, while 63 or 18.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 41 or 11.8% were born outside of Switzerland. In
there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and were 8 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 7 while the foreign population decreased by 1. There was 1 non-Swiss man 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 3 and the non-Swiss population increased by 3 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.6%.
The age distribution, , in Corbeyrier is; 27 children or 7.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 42 teenagers or 11.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 32 people or 8.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 56 people or 14.9% are between 30 and 39, 38 people or 10.1% are between 40 and 49, and 36 people or 9.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 60 people or 16.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 62 people or 16.5% are between 70 and 79,there are 22 people or 5.9% who are 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 106 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 167 married individuals, 41 widows or widowers and 33 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.5 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 59.2% 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 148 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2. persons per household. There were 57 households that consist of only one person and 5 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 154 households that answered this question, 37.0% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 55 married couples without children, 33 married couples with children There was one single parent with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 6 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 155 single family homes (or 71.8% of the total) out of a total of 216 inhabited buildings. There were 26 multi-family buildings (12.0%), along with 22 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.2%) and 13 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.0%). Of the single family homes 49 were built before 1919, while 9 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (13) were built before 1919 and the next most (4) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 257 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 70. There were 20 single room apartments and 71 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 142 apartments (55.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 91 apartments (35.4%) were seasonally occupied and 24 apartments (9.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.7 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 37.77% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(12.51%), the Green Party
(12.09%) and the FDP
(11.96%). In the federal election, a total of 139 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 49.6%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 114. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, of which 6 were in agriculture and 8 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 18 of which 4 or (22.2%) were in manufacturing and 14 (77.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 82. In the tertiary sector; 5 or 6.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 21 or 25.6% were in education and 53 or 64.6% were in health care.
, there were 78 workers who commuted into the municipality and 78 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 64.2% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 7 individuals (or about 2.02% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were There were 2 individuals who were Hindu
. 43 (or about 12.39% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 12 individuals (or about 3.46% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 42 who completed tertiary schooling, 50.0% were Swiss men, 19.0% were Swiss women, 16.7% were non-Swiss men and 14.3% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 23 students in the Corbeyrier 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 district provided pre-school care for a total of 205 children of which 96 children (46.8%) received subsidized pre-school care. There were 19 students in the primary school program, which lasts four years. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 4 students in those schools.
, there were 4 students in Corbeyrier who came from another municipality, while 28 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 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....
in the canton 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,...
, located in the district of Aigle. It became a municipality in 1718.
Geography
Corbeyrier has an area, , of 21.99 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi). Of this area, 7.97 km² (3.1 sq mi) or 36.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.96 km² (4.6 sq mi) or 54.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.5 km² (0.193051079296268 sq mi) or 2.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km² (14.8 acre) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 1.51 km² (0.583014259474728 sq mi) or 6.9% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 47.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 5.0% is pastures and 30.8% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. Of the unproductive areas, 4.6% is unproductive vegetation and 2.2% is too rocky for vegetation.
The municipality is located in the Aigle district, on the right bank of Rhone
Rhône
Rhone can refer to:* Rhone, one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France* Rhône Glacier, the source of the Rhone River and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
river. The municipality stretches from the upper end of the vineyard
Vineyard
A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice...
of Yvorne to the alpine pastures of the Eau-Froide and Petit-Hongrin valleys. It consists of the village of Corbeyrier and the hamlets
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 Boveau, Luan, Le Crettex and Vers Cort.
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 Or, a Wolf Head Sable, langued Gules.
Demographics
Corbeyrier has a population of . , 8.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 8.6%. It has changed at a rate of 29.4% due to migration and at a rate of -20.2% 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...
(323 or 93.1%), 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 (13 or 3.7%) and 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...
being third (4 or 1.2%).
Of the population in the municipality 90 or about 25.9% were born in Corbeyrier and lived there in 2000. There were 134 or 38.6% who were born in the same canton, while 63 or 18.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 41 or 11.8% were born outside of Switzerland. In
there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and were 8 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 7 while the foreign population decreased by 1. There was 1 non-Swiss man 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 3 and the non-Swiss population increased by 3 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.6%.
The age distribution, , in Corbeyrier is; 27 children or 7.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 42 teenagers or 11.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 32 people or 8.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 56 people or 14.9% are between 30 and 39, 38 people or 10.1% are between 40 and 49, and 36 people or 9.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 60 people or 16.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 62 people or 16.5% are between 70 and 79,there are 22 people or 5.9% who are 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 106 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 167 married individuals, 41 widows or widowers and 33 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.5 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 59.2% 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 148 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2. persons per household. There were 57 households that consist of only one person and 5 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 154 households that answered this question, 37.0% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 55 married couples without children, 33 married couples with children There was one single parent with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 6 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 155 single family homes (or 71.8% of the total) out of a total of 216 inhabited buildings. There were 26 multi-family buildings (12.0%), along with 22 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.2%) and 13 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.0%). Of the single family homes 49 were built before 1919, while 9 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (13) were built before 1919 and the next most (4) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 257 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 70. There were 20 single room apartments and 71 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 142 apartments (55.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 91 apartments (35.4%) were seasonally occupied and 24 apartments (9.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.7 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 37.77% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(12.51%), 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:...
(12.09%) and the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(11.96%). In the federal election, a total of 139 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 49.6%.
Economy
, Corbeyrier had an unemployment rate of 3.8%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 19 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 107 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector. There were 148 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 47.3% 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 114. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, of which 6 were in agriculture and 8 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 18 of which 4 or (22.2%) were in manufacturing and 14 (77.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 82. In the tertiary sector; 5 or 6.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 21 or 25.6% were in education and 53 or 64.6% were in health care.
, there were 78 workers who commuted into the municipality and 78 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 64.2% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 70 or 20.2% were Roman Catholic, while 212 or 61.1% 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 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 7 individuals (or about 2.02% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were There were 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...
. 43 (or about 12.39% 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 12 individuals (or about 3.46% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Corbeyrier about 124 or (35.7%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 42 or (12.1%) 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 42 who completed tertiary schooling, 50.0% were Swiss men, 19.0% were Swiss women, 16.7% were non-Swiss men and 14.3% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 23 students in the Corbeyrier 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 district provided pre-school care for a total of 205 children of which 96 children (46.8%) received subsidized pre-school care. There were 19 students in the primary school program, which lasts four years. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 4 students in those schools.
, there were 4 students in Corbeyrier who came from another municipality, while 28 residents attended schools outside the municipality.