Le Mont-sur-Lausanne
Encyclopedia
Le Mont-sur-Lausanne is a municipality
in the district of Lausanne
in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 17.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 16.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 42.6% is used for growing crops and 6.4% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Lausanne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Le Mont-sur-Lausanne became part of the new district of Lausanne.
The municipality is located in the northern portion of the agglomeration
of Lausanne and on the edge of the Jorat
woods. It consists of the village sections of Le Petit-Mont, Le Grand-Mont and Les Planches.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules, three Hills Argent, growing from the middle one a Horse Chestnut Tree; chief of the same.
Most of the population speaks French
(4,539 or 87.6%), with German
being second most common (286 or 5.5%) and Italian
being third (94 or 1.8%). There are 2 people who speak Romansh.
Of the population in the municipality 884 or about 17.1% were born in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne and lived there in 2000. There were 2,194 or 42.3% who were born in the same canton, while 965 or 18.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,036 or 20.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 34 live births to Swiss citizens and 6 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 45 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 11 while the foreign population increased by 4. There were 7 Swiss men and 7 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 15 non-Swiss men and 25 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 9 and the non-Swiss population increased by 13 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.1%.
The age distribution, , in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne is; 576 children or 10.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 740 teenagers or 13.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 580 people or 10.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 628 people or 11.5% are between 30 and 39, 917 people or 16.8% are between 40 and 49, and 730 people or 13.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 656 people or 12.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 381 people or 7.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 217 people or 4.0% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 31 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
, there were 2,059 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,595 married individuals, 249 widows or widowers and 279 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 56.6% 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 1,963 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 487 households that consist of only one person and 165 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 2,008 households that answered this question, 24.3% were households made up of just one person and there were 15 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 561 married couples without children, 775 married couples with children There were 99 single parents with a child or children. There were 26 households that were made up of unrelated people and 45 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 851 single family homes (or 67.5% of the total) out of a total of 1,261 inhabited buildings. There were 218 multi-family buildings (17.3%), along with 123 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.8%) and 69 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.5%). Of the single family homes 45 were built before 1919, while 100 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (238) were built between 1971 and 1980. The most multi-family homes (55) were built between 1961 and 1970 and the next most (43) were built between 1981 and 1990. There were 4 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 2,004 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 466. There were 79 single room apartments and 881 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 1,880 apartments (93.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 97 apartments (4.8%) were seasonally occupied and 27 apartments (1.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.05%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 21.54% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(17.6%), the SP
(17.17%) and the Green Party
(12.72%). In the federal election, a total of 1,678 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 49.6%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 4,892. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 41, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,037 of which 613 or (59.1%) were in manufacturing and 404 (39.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3,814. In the tertiary sector; 972 or 25.5% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 139 or 3.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 65 or 1.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 212 or 5.6% were in the information industry, 47 or 1.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 415 or 10.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 174 or 4.6% were in education and 549 or 14.4% were in health care.
, there were 4,069 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,924 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.1 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 1.8% of the workforce coming into Le Mont-sur-Lausanne are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 14.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 68.4% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 60 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 1.16% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 267 individuals (or about 5.15% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 16 individuals (or about 0.31% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 60 (or about 1.16% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 29 individuals who were Buddhist
, 3 individuals who were Hindu
and 9 individuals who belonged to another church. 673 (or about 12.99% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 204 individuals (or about 3.94% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 1,085 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.3% were Swiss men, 28.4% were Swiss women, 9.8% were non-Swiss men and 5.5% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 666 students in the Le Mont-sur-Lausanne 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 2,648 children of which 1,947 children (73.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 315 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 337 students in those schools. There were also 14 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 200 students in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne who came from another municipality, while 483 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 Lausanne
Lausanne (district)
Lausanne District is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Lausanne.-Geography:Lausanne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.9% 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....
.
It is a suburb of the city of 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...
.
Geography
Le Mont-sur-Lausanne has an area, , of 9.82 square kilometre (depending on calculation method). Of this area, 5.01 square kilometre or 51.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.79 square kilometre or 18.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.95 square kilometre or 30.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 17.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 16.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 42.6% is used for growing crops and 6.4% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Lausanne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Le Mont-sur-Lausanne became part of the new district of Lausanne.
The municipality is located in the northern portion of the agglomeration
Agglomeration
In the study of human settlements, an urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. In France, INSEE the French Statistical Institute, translate it as "Unité urbaine" which means continuous...
of Lausanne and on the edge of the Jorat
Jorat (Switzerland)
The Jorat is the area of the Canton of Vaud located between the Gros-de-Vaud, West and the Broye, East.-Geography:It is a mountain range that stretches from above Lausanne at the South and stretches toward Payerne at the North...
woods. It consists of the village sections of Le Petit-Mont, Le Grand-Mont and Les Planches.
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 Gules, three Hills Argent, growing from the middle one a Horse Chestnut Tree; chief of the same.
Demographics
Le Mont-sur-Lausanne has a population of . , 18.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 7.1%. It has changed at a rate of 5.6% due to migration and at a rate of 1.4% 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...
(4,539 or 87.6%), 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 (286 or 5.5%) 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 (94 or 1.8%). There are 2 people who speak Romansh.
Of the population in the municipality 884 or about 17.1% were born in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne and lived there in 2000. There were 2,194 or 42.3% who were born in the same canton, while 965 or 18.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,036 or 20.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 34 live births to Swiss citizens and 6 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 45 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 11 while the foreign population increased by 4. There were 7 Swiss men and 7 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 15 non-Swiss men and 25 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 9 and the non-Swiss population increased by 13 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.1%.
The age distribution, , in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne is; 576 children or 10.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 740 teenagers or 13.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 580 people or 10.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 628 people or 11.5% are between 30 and 39, 917 people or 16.8% are between 40 and 49, and 730 people or 13.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 656 people or 12.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 381 people or 7.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 217 people or 4.0% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 31 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
, there were 2,059 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,595 married individuals, 249 widows or widowers and 279 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 56.6% 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 1,963 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 487 households that consist of only one person and 165 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 2,008 households that answered this question, 24.3% were households made up of just one person and there were 15 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 561 married couples without children, 775 married couples with children There were 99 single parents with a child or children. There were 26 households that were made up of unrelated people and 45 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 851 single family homes (or 67.5% of the total) out of a total of 1,261 inhabited buildings. There were 218 multi-family buildings (17.3%), along with 123 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.8%) and 69 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.5%). Of the single family homes 45 were built before 1919, while 100 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (238) were built between 1971 and 1980. The most multi-family homes (55) were built between 1961 and 1970 and the next most (43) were built between 1981 and 1990. There were 4 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 2,004 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 466. There were 79 single room apartments and 881 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 1,880 apartments (93.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 97 apartments (4.8%) were seasonally occupied and 27 apartments (1.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.05%.
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 21.54% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(17.6%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(17.17%) 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:...
(12.72%). In the federal election, a total of 1,678 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
, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne had an unemployment rate of 3.6%. , there were 62 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 22 businesses involved in this sector. 1,103 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 94 businesses in this sector. 4,670 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 319 businesses in this sector. There were 2,544 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.4% 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 4,892. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 41, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,037 of which 613 or (59.1%) were in manufacturing and 404 (39.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3,814. In the tertiary sector; 972 or 25.5% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 139 or 3.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 65 or 1.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 212 or 5.6% were in the information industry, 47 or 1.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 415 or 10.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 174 or 4.6% were in education and 549 or 14.4% were in health care.
, there were 4,069 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,924 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.1 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 1.8% of the workforce coming into Le Mont-sur-Lausanne are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 14.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 68.4% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 1,678 or 32.4% were Roman Catholic, while 2,304 or 44.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 60 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 1.16% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belonged 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 267 individuals (or about 5.15% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 16 individuals (or about 0.31% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 60 (or about 1.16% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
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ic. There were 29 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...
, 3 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 9 individuals who belonged to another church. 673 (or about 12.99% 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 204 individuals (or about 3.94% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Le Mont-sur-Lausanne about 1,920 or (37.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 1,085 or (20.9%) 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 1,085 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.3% were Swiss men, 28.4% were Swiss women, 9.8% were non-Swiss men and 5.5% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 666 students in the Le Mont-sur-Lausanne 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 2,648 children of which 1,947 children (73.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 315 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 337 students in those schools. There were also 14 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 200 students in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne who came from another municipality, while 483 residents attended schools outside the municipality.