Denges
Encyclopedia
Denges is a municipality
in the Swiss
canton
of Vaud
, located in the district of Morges
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 13.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 22.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 30.7% is used for growing crops, while 18.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the old Morges District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Denges became part of the new district of Morges.
The municipality is located on the right bank of the Venoge river
.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Per fess Argent and Gules, an arched Bridge Sable lined of the first overall.
Most of the population speaks French
(936 or 84.4%), with Portuguese
being second most common (59 or 5.3%) and German
being third (31 or 2.8%). There are 30 people who speak Italian
.
Of the population in the municipality 204 or about 18.4% were born in Denges and lived there in 2000. There were 402 or 36.2% who were born in the same canton, while 143 or 12.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 334 or 30.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 11 live births to Swiss citizens and 5 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 6 while the foreign population increased by 4. There was 1 Swiss man and 1 Swiss woman who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 13 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 15 and the non-Swiss population increased by 22 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.5%.
The age distribution, , in Denges is; 209 children or 13.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 200 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 186 people or 12.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 245 people or 15.8% are between 30 and 39, 282 people or 18.2% are between 40 and 49, and 197 people or 12.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 130 people or 8.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 69 people or 4.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 29 people or 1.9% who are between 80 and 89.
, there were 475 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 531 married individuals, 27 widows or widowers and 76 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.64 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 29.3% 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 456 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 150 households that consist of only one person and 38 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 471 households that answered this question, 31.8% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 121 married couples without children, 155 married couples with children There were 23 single parents with a child or children. There were 6 households that were made up of unrelated people and 15 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 91 single family homes (or 53.2% of the total) out of a total of 171 inhabited buildings. There were 52 multi-family buildings (30.4%), along with 18 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.5%) and 10 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.8%). Of the single family homes 12 were built before 1919, while 5 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (24) were built between 1971 and 1980. The most multi-family homes (15) were built before 1919 and the next most (11) were built between 1981 and 1990. There were 2 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 512 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 152. There were 30 single room apartments and 91 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 433 apartments (84.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 52 apartments (10.2%) were seasonally occupied and 27 apartments (5.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0.6 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 SP
which received 26.99% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(19.6%), the Green Party
(15.79%) and the FDP
(12.35%). In the federal election, a total of 395 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 46.6%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 552. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 26, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 230 of which 204 or (88.7%) were in manufacturing and 25 (10.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 296. In the tertiary sector; 83 or 28.0% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 101 or 34.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 4.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 32 or 10.8% were in the information industry, 13 or 4.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 2.4% were in education and 9 or 3.0% were in health care.
, there were 561 workers who commuted into the municipality and 486 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. Of the working population, 12.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.3% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 21 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 1.89% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 50 individuals (or about 4.51% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.18% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 39 (or about 3.52% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 179 (or about 16.14% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 53 individuals (or about 4.78% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 131 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.0% were Swiss men, 24.4% were Swiss women, 11.5% were non-Swiss men and 6.1% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 236 students in the Denges 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 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 139 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 92 students in those schools. There were also 5 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 58 students in Denges who came from another municipality, while 107 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 Swiss
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....
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,...
, located in the district of Morges
Morges (district)
Morges District is a district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Morges.-Geography:Morges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.9% is forested...
.
History
Denges is first mentioned around 1107-11 as apud Dangias. In 1164 it was mentioned as Denges.Geography
Denges has an area, , of 1.7 square kilometre. Of this area, 0.82 square kilometre or 49.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.09 square kilometre or 5.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.75 square kilometre or 45.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acre) or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 13.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 22.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 30.7% is used for growing crops, while 18.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the old Morges District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Denges became part of the new district of Morges.
The municipality is located on the right bank of the Venoge river
Venoge (river)
The Venoge is a Swiss river located in the Canton of Vaud, a confluent of the Rhône River, via Lake Geneva. The Swiss poet Jean Villard Gilles has written a poem about it, La Venoge, in 1954.- Geography :...
.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
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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 Per fess Argent and Gules, an arched Bridge Sable lined of the first overall.
Demographics
Denges has a population of . , 27.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 44.8%. It has changed at a rate of 37.7% due to migration and at a rate of 8.2% 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...
(936 or 84.4%), with Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
being second most common (59 or 5.3%) 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 (31 or 2.8%). There are 30 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...
.
Of the population in the municipality 204 or about 18.4% were born in Denges and lived there in 2000. There were 402 or 36.2% who were born in the same canton, while 143 or 12.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 334 or 30.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 11 live births to Swiss citizens and 5 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 6 while the foreign population increased by 4. There was 1 Swiss man and 1 Swiss woman who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 13 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 15 and the non-Swiss population increased by 22 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.5%.
The age distribution, , in Denges is; 209 children or 13.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 200 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 186 people or 12.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 245 people or 15.8% are between 30 and 39, 282 people or 18.2% are between 40 and 49, and 197 people or 12.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 130 people or 8.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 69 people or 4.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 29 people or 1.9% who are between 80 and 89.
, there were 475 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 531 married individuals, 27 widows or widowers and 76 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.64 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 29.3% 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 456 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 150 households that consist of only one person and 38 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 471 households that answered this question, 31.8% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 121 married couples without children, 155 married couples with children There were 23 single parents with a child or children. There were 6 households that were made up of unrelated people and 15 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 91 single family homes (or 53.2% of the total) out of a total of 171 inhabited buildings. There were 52 multi-family buildings (30.4%), along with 18 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.5%) and 10 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.8%). Of the single family homes 12 were built before 1919, while 5 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (24) were built between 1971 and 1980. The most multi-family homes (15) were built before 1919 and the next most (11) were built between 1981 and 1990. There were 2 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 512 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 152. There were 30 single room apartments and 91 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 433 apartments (84.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 52 apartments (10.2%) were seasonally occupied and 27 apartments (5.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0.6 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 SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
which received 26.99% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
(19.6%), 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:...
(15.79%) 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....
(12.35%). In the federal election, a total of 395 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 46.6%.
Economy
, Denges had an unemployment rate of 5.5%. , there were 40 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 241 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 19 businesses in this sector. 339 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 53 businesses in this sector. There were 611 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.3% 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 552. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 26, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 230 of which 204 or (88.7%) were in manufacturing and 25 (10.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 296. In the tertiary sector; 83 or 28.0% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 101 or 34.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 4.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 32 or 10.8% were in the information industry, 13 or 4.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 2.4% were in education and 9 or 3.0% were in health care.
, there were 561 workers who commuted into the municipality and 486 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. Of the working population, 12.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.3% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 380 or 34.3% were Roman Catholic, while 406 or 36.6% 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 21 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 1.89% 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 50 individuals (or about 4.51% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.18% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 39 (or about 3.52% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
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ic. There were 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 179 (or about 16.14% 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 53 individuals (or about 4.78% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Denges about 402 or (36.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 131 or (11.8%) 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 131 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.0% were Swiss men, 24.4% were Swiss women, 11.5% were non-Swiss men and 6.1% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 236 students in the Denges 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 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 139 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 92 students in those schools. There were also 5 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 58 students in Denges who came from another municipality, while 107 residents attended schools outside the municipality.