Montpreveyres
Encyclopedia
Montpreveyres is a municipality
in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 20.0% is used for growing crops and 19.0% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Montpreveyres became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.
The municipality is located on the eastern slopes of the Haut-Jorat
region.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Azure, on two Hills as many Columns Argent, in chief Argent on a Branch Vert stantant a Nightingale proper.
Most of the population speaks French
(355 or 95.2%), with German
being second most common (9 or 2.4%) and Albanian
being third (4 or 1.1%).
The age distribution, , in Montpreveyres is; 85 children or 15.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 68 teenagers or 12.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 60 people or 11.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 91 people or 17.0% are between 30 and 39, 108 people or 20.2% are between 40 and 49, and 51 people or 9.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 31 people or 5.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 30 people or 5.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 9 people or 1.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 158 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 185 married individuals, 17 widows or widowers and 13 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 56.2% 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 156 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 49 households that consist of only one person and 10 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 158 households that answered this question, 31.0% 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 42 married couples without children, 54 married couples with children There were 6 single parents with a child or children. There were 4 households that were made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 65 single family homes (or 58.6% of the total) out of a total of 111 inhabited buildings. There were 19 multi-family buildings (17.1%), along with 22 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (19.8%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.5%).
, a total of 153 apartments (92.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 7 apartments (4.2%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (3.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 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 23.54% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party
(23.49%), the SVP
(15.71%) and the CVP
(9.94%). In the federal election, a total of 137 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 44.3%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 64. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 6, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 13 of which 2 or (15.4%) were in manufacturing and 11 (84.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 45. In the tertiary sector; 19 or 42.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 7 or 15.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 6.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 6.7% were in education and 1 was in health care.
, there were 130 workers who commuted into the municipality and 152 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 14.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.3% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church
, and there were 16 individuals (or about 4.29% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 7 (or about 1.88% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 45 (or about 12.06% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 12 individuals (or about 3.22% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 71 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.3% were Swiss men, 33.8% were Swiss women and 7.0% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 86 students in the Montpreveyres 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 665 children of which 232 children (34.9%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 52 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 34 students in those schools.
, there were 18 students in Montpreveyres who came from another municipality, while 48 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 Lavaux-Oron in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Vaud
Vaud
Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
History
Montpreveyres is first mentioned in 1154 as Monteproverio. In 1177 it was mentioned as Montpreuero. Then in 1167 and again in 1228 it was called Mons Presbiteri.Geography
Montpreveyres has an area, , of 4.1 square kilometre. Of this area, 1.67 square kilometre or 40.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.05 square kilometre or 50.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.38 square kilometre or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 20.0% is used for growing crops and 19.0% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Montpreveyres became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.
The municipality is located on the eastern slopes of the Haut-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...
region.
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 Azure, on two Hills as many Columns Argent, in chief Argent on a Branch Vert stantant a Nightingale proper.
Demographics
Montpreveyres has a population of . , 19.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 54.3%. It has changed at a rate of 42.5% due to migration and at a rate of 10.7% 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...
(355 or 95.2%), 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 (9 or 2.4%) and Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
being third (4 or 1.1%).
The age distribution, , in Montpreveyres is; 85 children or 15.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 68 teenagers or 12.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 60 people or 11.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 91 people or 17.0% are between 30 and 39, 108 people or 20.2% are between 40 and 49, and 51 people or 9.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 31 people or 5.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 30 people or 5.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 9 people or 1.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 158 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 185 married individuals, 17 widows or widowers and 13 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 56.2% 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 156 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 49 households that consist of only one person and 10 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 158 households that answered this question, 31.0% 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 42 married couples without children, 54 married couples with children There were 6 single parents with a child or children. There were 4 households that were made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 65 single family homes (or 58.6% of the total) out of a total of 111 inhabited buildings. There were 19 multi-family buildings (17.1%), along with 22 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (19.8%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.5%).
, a total of 153 apartments (92.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 7 apartments (4.2%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (3.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 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 23.54% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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:...
(23.49%), 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...
(15.71%) and 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...
(9.94%). In the federal election, a total of 137 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 44.3%.
Economy
, Montpreveyres had an unemployment rate of 3.5%. , there were 7 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 15 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 59 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 15 businesses in this sector. There were 196 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.8% 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 64. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 6, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 13 of which 2 or (15.4%) were in manufacturing and 11 (84.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 45. In the tertiary sector; 19 or 42.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 7 or 15.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 6.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 6.7% were in education and 1 was in health care.
, there were 130 workers who commuted into the municipality and 152 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 14.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.3% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 83 or 22.3% were Roman Catholic, while 214 or 57.4% 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 16 individuals (or about 4.29% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 7 (or about 1.88% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There were 2 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...
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 45 (or about 12.06% 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 3.22% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Montpreveyres about 131 or (35.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 71 or (19.0%) 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 71 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.3% were Swiss men, 33.8% were Swiss women and 7.0% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 86 students in the Montpreveyres 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 665 children of which 232 children (34.9%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 52 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 34 students in those schools.
, there were 18 students in Montpreveyres who came from another municipality, while 48 residents attended schools outside the municipality.