Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz
Encyclopedia
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz is a municipality
in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.6%. Out of the forested land, 43.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.7% is used for growing crops and 15.6% is pastures, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 8.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Vevey District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz became part of the new district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut.
It consists of the villages of Saint-Légier and La Chiésaz along with a number of hamlets
.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules, a Cross bottony Vert fimbrated Or.
Most of the population speaks French
(3,377 or 83.0%) as their first language, with German
being second most common (383 or 9.4%) and English
being third (119 or 2.9%). There are 60 people who speak Italian
and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.3%.
, there were 1,674 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,013 married individuals, 188 widows or widowers and 193 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 57.5% 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 1,523 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 393 households that consist of only one person and 116 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,562 households that answered this question, 25.2% were households made up of just one person and there were 8 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 469 married couples without children, 547 married couples with children There were 81 single parents with a child or children. There were 25 households that were made up of unrelated people and 39 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 744 single family homes (or 70.1% of the total) out of a total of 1,061 inhabited buildings. There were 194 multi-family buildings (18.3%), along with 80 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.5%) and 43 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.1%).
, a total of 1,488 apartments (85.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 196 apartments (11.3%) were seasonally occupied and 48 apartments (2.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.15%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
and the Swiss Reformed
Church of Notre-Dame are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance
.
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 19.02% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(16.96%), the LPS Party
(15.73%) and the FDP
(15.67%). In the federal election, a total of 1,447 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 51.3%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 1,411. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 32, of which 24 were in agriculture and 7 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 337 of which 124 or (36.8%) were in manufacturing and 178 (52.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 1,042. In the tertiary sector; 394 or 37.8% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 49 or 4.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 31 or 3.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 23 or 2.2% were in the information industry, 4 or 0.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 64 or 6.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 69 or 6.6% were in education and 314 or 30.1% were in health care.
, there were 1,032 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,513 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 1.6% of the workforce coming into Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 13.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.8% used a private car.
(or about 0.44% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.10% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 375 individuals (or about 9.22% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 7 individuals (or about 0.17% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 15 (or about 0.37% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist
and 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 533 (or about 13.10% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 147 individuals (or about 3.61% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 909 who completed tertiary schooling, 51.7% were Swiss men, 26.2% were Swiss women, 12.7% were non-Swiss men and 9.5% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 59 students in Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz who came from another municipality, while 410 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 Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut 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....
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Geography
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz has an area, , of 15.2 square kilometre. Of this area, 5.16 square kilometre or 34.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.88 square kilometre or 45.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.93 square kilometre or 19.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.13 km² (32.1 acre) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.14 km² (34.6 acre) or 0.9% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.6%. Out of the forested land, 43.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.7% is used for growing crops and 15.6% is pastures, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 8.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Vevey District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz became part of the new district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut.
It consists of the villages of Saint-Légier and La Chiésaz along with a number of 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 Gules, a Cross bottony Vert fimbrated Or.
Demographics
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz has a population of . , 20.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 24.7%. It has changed at a rate of 22.3% due to migration and at a rate of 2.9% 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...
(3,377 or 83.0%) as their first language, 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 (383 or 9.4%) and 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...
being third (119 or 2.9%). There are 60 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...
and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.3%.
, there were 1,674 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,013 married individuals, 188 widows or widowers and 193 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 57.5% 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 1,523 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 393 households that consist of only one person and 116 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,562 households that answered this question, 25.2% were households made up of just one person and there were 8 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 469 married couples without children, 547 married couples with children There were 81 single parents with a child or children. There were 25 households that were made up of unrelated people and 39 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 744 single family homes (or 70.1% of the total) out of a total of 1,061 inhabited buildings. There were 194 multi-family buildings (18.3%), along with 80 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.5%) and 43 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.1%).
, a total of 1,488 apartments (85.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 196 apartments (11.3%) were seasonally occupied and 48 apartments (2.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.15%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Heritage sites of national significance
Hauteville CastleHauteville Castle
Hauteville Castle is a castle in the municipality of Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.-History:...
and the Swiss Reformed
Swiss 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...
Church of Notre-Dame are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance
Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
.
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 19.02% 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....
(16.96%), the LPS Party
Liberal Party of Switzerland
The Liberal Party of Switzerland was a party with economically liberal policies. It was known as a party of the upper class. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the larger Free Democratic Party to establish FDP.The Liberals....
(15.73%) 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....
(15.67%). In the federal election, a total of 1,447 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 51.3%.
Economy
, Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz had an unemployment rate of 2.9%. , there were 37 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 353 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 34 businesses in this sector. 1,253 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 152 businesses in this sector. There were 1,937 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.4% 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 1,411. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 32, of which 24 were in agriculture and 7 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 337 of which 124 or (36.8%) were in manufacturing and 178 (52.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 1,042. In the tertiary sector; 394 or 37.8% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 49 or 4.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 31 or 3.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 23 or 2.2% were in the information industry, 4 or 0.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 64 or 6.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 69 or 6.6% were in education and 314 or 30.1% were in health care.
, there were 1,032 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,513 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 1.6% of the workforce coming into Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 13.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.8% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 1,374 or 33.8% were Roman Catholic, while 1,769 or 43.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 18 members of an Orthodox churchOrthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 0.44% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.10% 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 375 individuals (or about 9.22% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 7 individuals (or about 0.17% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 15 (or about 0.37% 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 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 533 (or about 13.10% 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 147 individuals (or about 3.61% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz about 1,540 or (37.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 909 or (22.3%) 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 909 who completed tertiary schooling, 51.7% were Swiss men, 26.2% were Swiss women, 12.7% were non-Swiss men and 9.5% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 59 students in Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz who came from another municipality, while 410 residents attended schools outside the municipality.