Ecublens, Fribourg
Encyclopedia
Ecublens is a municipality
in the district of Glâne
in the canton
of Fribourg in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 43.5% is used for growing crops and 20.8% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located on the border with the Canton of Vaud and on the left bank of the Broye. It consists of the linear village
of Ecublens and the hamlets
of Eschiens and Villangeaux. From 1883 until their merger in 1969, all three communities were independent municipalities that were administered together.
Most of the population speaks French
(243 or 91.4%) as their first language, English
is the second most common (9 or 3.4%) and German
is the third (7 or 2.6%). There are 3 people who speak Italian
.
, the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 131 Swiss men (46.1% of the population) and 7 (2.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 135 Swiss women (47.5%) and 11 (3.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 110 or about 41.4% were born in Ecublens and lived there in 2000. There were 40 or 15.0% who were born in the same canton, while 94 or 35.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 21 or 7.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
The age distribution, , in Ecublens is; 43 children or 16.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 49 teenagers or 18.4% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 22 people or 8.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 35 people or 13.2% are between 30 and 39, 57 people or 21.4% are between 40 and 49, and 19 people or 7.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 21 people or 7.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 6.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 4 people or 1.5% who are between 80 and 89.
, there were 128 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 104 married individuals, 22 widows or widowers and 12 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 92 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. There were 27 households that consist of only one person and 15 households with five or more people. , a total of 82 apartments (83.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 11 apartments (11.2%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (5.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 7.2 new units per 1000 residents.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the CVP
which received 39.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(23.9%), the SVP
(14.9%) and the FDP
(7.8%).
The CVP received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election
(41.4% in 2007 vs 39.3% in 2011). The SPS moved from third in 2007 (with 17.9%) to second in 2011, the SVP moved from second in 2007 (with 25.8%) to third and the FDP retained about the same popularity (7.8% in 2007). A total of 106 votes were cast in this election, of which 2 or 1.9% were invalid.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 43. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 28, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 5 of which 3 were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 10. In the tertiary sector; 5 were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist and 1 was in education.
, there were 16 workers who commuted into the municipality and 75 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 8.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 48.5% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church
, and there were 6 individuals (or about 2.26% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 31 (or about 11.65% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 2 individuals (or about 0.75% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 23 who completed tertiary schooling, 65.2% were Swiss men, 17.4% were Swiss women.
The Canton of Fribourg school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten
, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school. The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium
(university preparatory) and vocational programs. After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship
.
During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 21 students attending one class in Ecublens. A total of 52 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There were no kindergarten classes in the municipality, but 2 students attended kindergarten in a neighboring municipality. The municipality had one primary class and 21 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 13 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 8 upper Secondary students and 4 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes, but there were 4 non-university Tertiary students and 2 specialized Tertiary students who attended classes in another municipality.
, there were 15 students in Ecublens who came from another municipality, while 46 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 Glâne
Glâne (district)
Glâne District is a one of seven districts in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It has a population of .-Mergers and name changes:...
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 Fribourg 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
Ecublens is first mentioned in 1180 as Escublens. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Scubilingen, however, that name is no longer used.Geography
Ecublens has an area, , of 4.9 square kilometre. Of this area, 3.19 square kilometre or 65.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.17 square kilometre or 23.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.41 square kilometre or 8.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km² (24.7 acre) or 2.0% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 43.5% is used for growing crops and 20.8% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located on the border with the Canton of Vaud and on the left bank of the Broye. It consists of the linear village
Linear village
In geography, a linear village, or linear settlement, is a small to medium-sized settlement that is formed around a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal. Wraysbury, a village in Berkshire, is one of the longest villages in England....
of Ecublens 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 Eschiens and Villangeaux. From 1883 until their merger in 1969, all three communities were independent municipalities that were administered together.
Demographics
Ecublens has a population of . , 6.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 5.3%. Migration accounted for 3%, while births and deaths accounted for 3.8%.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...
(243 or 91.4%) as their first language, 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...
is the second most common (9 or 3.4%) 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....
is the third (7 or 2.6%). There are 3 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...
.
, the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 131 Swiss men (46.1% of the population) and 7 (2.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 135 Swiss women (47.5%) and 11 (3.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 110 or about 41.4% were born in Ecublens and lived there in 2000. There were 40 or 15.0% who were born in the same canton, while 94 or 35.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 21 or 7.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
The age distribution, , in Ecublens is; 43 children or 16.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 49 teenagers or 18.4% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 22 people or 8.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 35 people or 13.2% are between 30 and 39, 57 people or 21.4% are between 40 and 49, and 19 people or 7.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 21 people or 7.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 6.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 4 people or 1.5% who are between 80 and 89.
, there were 128 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 104 married individuals, 22 widows or widowers and 12 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 92 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. There were 27 households that consist of only one person and 15 households with five or more people. , a total of 82 apartments (83.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 11 apartments (11.2%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (5.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 7.2 new units per 1000 residents.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Politics
In the 2011 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2011
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 23 October 2011.All of the Federal Assembly were to be elected: all 200 seats in the National Council and all 46 seats in the Council of States....
the most popular party was the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
which received 39.3% 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....
(23.9%), 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...
(14.9%) 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....
(7.8%).
The CVP received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election
Swiss 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...
(41.4% in 2007 vs 39.3% in 2011). The SPS moved from third in 2007 (with 17.9%) to second in 2011, the SVP moved from second in 2007 (with 25.8%) to third and the FDP retained about the same popularity (7.8% in 2007). A total of 106 votes were cast in this election, of which 2 or 1.9% were invalid.
Economy
, Ecublens had an unemployment rate of 6.2%. , there were 34 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 5 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 10 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 5 businesses in this sector. There were 130 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.8% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 43. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 28, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 5 of which 3 were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 10. In the tertiary sector; 5 were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist and 1 was in education.
, there were 16 workers who commuted into the municipality and 75 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 8.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 48.5% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 179 or 67.3% were Roman Catholic, while 50 or 18.8% 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 was 1 member of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
, and there were 6 individuals (or about 2.26% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 31 (or about 11.65% 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 2 individuals (or about 0.75% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Ecublens about 89 or (33.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 23 or (8.6%) 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 23 who completed tertiary schooling, 65.2% were Swiss men, 17.4% were Swiss women.
The Canton of Fribourg school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school. The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
(university preparatory) and vocational programs. After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or protégés build their careers from apprenticeships...
.
During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 21 students attending one class in Ecublens. A total of 52 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There were no kindergarten classes in the municipality, but 2 students attended kindergarten in a neighboring municipality. The municipality had one primary class and 21 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 13 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 8 upper Secondary students and 4 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes, but there were 4 non-university Tertiary students and 2 specialized Tertiary students who attended classes in another municipality.
, there were 15 students in Ecublens who came from another municipality, while 46 residents attended schools outside the municipality.