Peney-le-Jorat
Encyclopedia
Peney-le-Jorat is a former municipality
in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
. It is in the south-west of Switzerland, close to both France and Italy.
The villages of Villars-Tiercelin
, Montaubion-Chardonney
, Sottens
, Villars-Mendraz
and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 38.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 38.3% is used for growing crops and 16.4% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Peney-le-Jorat became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
The village is located on a plateau in the middle Jorat
. It consists of the village of Peney-le-Jorat and a number of surrounding hamlets
.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Azure, on three Hills as many Pine-trees Argent, in chief two Gad-flies Or.
Most of the population speaks French
(285 or 91.3%), with Portuguese
being second most common (11 or 3.5%) and German
being third (10 or 3.2%). There are 2 people who speak Italian
.
Of the population in the village 96 or about 30.8% were born in Peney-le-Jorat and lived there in 2000. There were 144 or 46.2% who were born in the same canton, while 43 or 13.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 28 or 9.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there was 1 death of a Swiss citizen and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 8 non-Swiss men and 7 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 7 and the non-Swiss population increased by 15 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.2%.
The age distribution, , in Peney-le-Jorat is; 51 children or 13.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 63 teenagers or 16.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 35 people or 9.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 48 people or 12.7% are between 30 and 39, 68 people or 18.0% are between 40 and 49, and 45 people or 11.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 34 people or 9.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 19 people or 5.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 13 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 140 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 158 married individuals, 5 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.61 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 62.1% 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 114 private households in the village, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 25 households that consist of only one person and 8 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 116 households that answered this question, 21.6% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 37 married couples without children, 45 married couples with children There were 6 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 37 single family homes (or 48.1% of the total) out of a total of 77 inhabited buildings. There were 16 multi-family buildings (20.8%), along with 22 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (28.6%) and 2 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.6%). Of the single family homes 15 were built before 1919, while 4 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (7) were built before 1919 and the next most (4) were built between 1971 and 1980.
there were 124 apartments in the village. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 39. There were 5 single room apartments and 59 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 103 apartments (83.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 17 apartments (13.7%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (3.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the village, , was 0.66%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 22.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(22.15%), the SP
(16.35%) and the Green Party
(14.32%). In the federal election, a total of 118 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 50.6%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 71. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 24, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 10, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 37. In the tertiary sector; 20 or 54.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 8.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 13.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 2 or 5.4% were in education.
, there were 30 workers who commuted into the village and 92 workers who commuted away. The village is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.1 workers leaving the village for every one entering. Of the working population, 5.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.9% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 3 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.96% of the population), and there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islam
ic. There was 1 person who was Hindu
. 50 (or about 16.03% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 5 individuals (or about 1.60% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 52 who completed tertiary schooling, 57.7% were Swiss men, 36.5% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 53 students in the Peney-le-Jorat 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 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 34 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 19 students in those schools.
, there were 5 students in Peney-le-Jorat who came from another village, while 55 residents attended schools outside the village.
Municipalities of Switzerland
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in the district of Gros-de-Vaud 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 in the south-west of Switzerland, close to both France and Italy.
The villages of Villars-Tiercelin
Villars-Tiercelin
Villars-Tiercelin was a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
, Montaubion-Chardonney
Montaubion-Chardonney
Montaubion-Chardonney was a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
, Sottens
Sottens
Sottens is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.It is known for its radio transmitter for the French language Swiss radio, built in 1931....
, Villars-Mendraz
Villars-Mendraz
Villars-Mendraz is a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue
Jorat-Menthue
Jorat-Menthue is a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
.
Geography
Peney-le-Jorat has an area, , of 4.5 square kilometre. Of this area, 2.45 square kilometre or 54.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.77 square kilometre or 39.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.26 square kilometre or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 38.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 38.3% is used for growing crops and 16.4% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Peney-le-Jorat became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
The village is located on a plateau in the middle 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...
. It consists of the village of Peney-le-Jorat and a number of surrounding 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...
.
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 three Hills as many Pine-trees Argent, in chief two Gad-flies Or.
Demographics
Peney-le-Jorat has a population of 377. , 12.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999-2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 25.7%. It has changed at a rate of 14.7% due to migration and at a rate of 11.3% 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...
(285 or 91.3%), 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 (11 or 3.5%) 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 (10 or 3.2%). There are 2 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 village 96 or about 30.8% were born in Peney-le-Jorat and lived there in 2000. There were 144 or 46.2% who were born in the same canton, while 43 or 13.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 28 or 9.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there was 1 death of a Swiss citizen and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 8 non-Swiss men and 7 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 7 and the non-Swiss population increased by 15 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.2%.
The age distribution, , in Peney-le-Jorat is; 51 children or 13.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 63 teenagers or 16.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 35 people or 9.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 48 people or 12.7% are between 30 and 39, 68 people or 18.0% are between 40 and 49, and 45 people or 11.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 34 people or 9.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 19 people or 5.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 13 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 140 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 158 married individuals, 5 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.61 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 62.1% 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 114 private households in the village, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 25 households that consist of only one person and 8 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 116 households that answered this question, 21.6% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 37 married couples without children, 45 married couples with children There were 6 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 37 single family homes (or 48.1% of the total) out of a total of 77 inhabited buildings. There were 16 multi-family buildings (20.8%), along with 22 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (28.6%) and 2 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.6%). Of the single family homes 15 were built before 1919, while 4 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (7) were built before 1919 and the next most (4) were built between 1971 and 1980.
there were 124 apartments in the village. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 39. There were 5 single room apartments and 59 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 103 apartments (83.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 17 apartments (13.7%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (3.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the village, , was 0.66%.
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 22.5% 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....
(22.15%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(16.35%) 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:...
(14.32%). In the federal election, a total of 118 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 50.6%.
Economy
, Peney-le-Jorat had an unemployment rate of 2.4%. , there were 33 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 11 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 45 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 11 businesses in this sector. There were 152 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% 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 71. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 24, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 10, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 37. In the tertiary sector; 20 or 54.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 8.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 13.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 2 or 5.4% were in education.
, there were 30 workers who commuted into the village and 92 workers who commuted away. The village is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.1 workers leaving the village for every one entering. Of the working population, 5.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.9% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 50 or 16.0% were Roman Catholic, while 201 or 64.4% 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 were 3 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 0.96% of the population), and there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There was 1 person who was 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...
. 50 (or about 16.03% 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 5 individuals (or about 1.60% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Peney-le-Jorat about 109 or (34.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 52 or (16.7%) 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 52 who completed tertiary schooling, 57.7% were Swiss men, 36.5% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 53 students in the Peney-le-Jorat 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 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 34 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 19 students in those schools.
, there were 5 students in Peney-le-Jorat who came from another village, while 55 residents attended schools outside the village.