Seigneux
Encyclopedia
Seigneux is a former municipality
in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
The villages of Cerniaz
, Combremont-le-Grand
, Combremont-le-Petit
, Granges-près-Marnand
, Marnand
, Sassel
, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard
merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Valbroye
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, 29.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.0% is used for growing crops and 15.8% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Seigneux became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Per fess Or and Azure, a ciborium counterchanged, bordered Gules and Argent.
Most of the population speaks French
(260 or 94.2%), with Portuguese
being second most common (6 or 2.2%) and German
being third (5 or 1.8%). There are 3 people who speak Italian
.
Of the population in the village 91 or about 33.0% were born in Seigneux and lived there in 2000. There were 106 or 38.4% who were born in the same canton, while 47 or 17.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 27 or 9.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man and 3 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 an increase of 3 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.3%.
The age distribution, , in Seigneux is; 31 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 51 teenagers or 17.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 38 people or 12.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 36 people or 12.2% are between 30 and 39, 51 people or 17.3% are between 40 and 49, and 41 people or 13.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 23 people or 7.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 15 people or 5.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 7 people or 2.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 117 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 131 married individuals, 12 widows or widowers and 16 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.6 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 61.2% 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 104 private households in the village, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 24 households that consist of only one person and 9 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 105 households that answered this question, 22.9% 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 29 married couples without children, 43 married couples with children There were 5 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 52 single family homes (or 57.8% of the total) out of a total of 90 inhabited buildings. There were 12 multi-family buildings (13.3%), along with 21 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (23.3%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.6%). Of the single family homes 19 were built before 1919, while 4 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of multi-family homes (3) were built between 1919 and 1945 and again between 1946 and 1960
there were 125 apartments in the village. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 34. There were 8 single room apartments and 53 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 98 apartments (78.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 20 apartments (16.0%) were seasonally occupied and 7 apartments (5.6%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the village, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 34.42% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(25.99%), the FDP
(13.29%) and the LPS Party
(8.01%). In the federal election, a total of 97 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 50.5%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 45. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 12, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 17 of which 13 or (76.5%) were in manufacturing and 4 (23.5%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 16. In the tertiary sector; 13 or 81.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 1 was in education.
, there were 81 workers who commuted into the village and 102 workers who commuted away. The village is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.3 workers leaving the village for every one entering. Of the working population, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.1% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church
, and there were 14 individuals (or about 5.07% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
. 23 (or about 8.33% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 10 individuals (or about 3.62% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 27 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.6% were Swiss men, 25.9% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 46 students in the Seigneux 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 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 20 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 26 students in those schools.
, there were 9 students in Seigneux who came from another village, while 36 residents attended schools outside the village.
Municipalities of Switzerland
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in the district of Broye-Vully 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
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.
The villages of Cerniaz
Cerniaz
Cerniaz is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
, Combremont-le-Grand
Combremont-le-Grand
Combremont-le-Grand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new...
, Combremont-le-Petit
Combremont-le-Petit
Combremont-le-Petit is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new...
, Granges-près-Marnand
Granges-près-Marnand
Granges-près-Marnand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new...
, Marnand
Marnand
Marnand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
, Sassel
Sassel
Sassel is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The villages of Cerniaz , Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard
Villars-Bramard
Villars-Bramard is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The villages of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Valbroye
Valbroye
Valbroye is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The villages of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
.
Geography
Seigneux has an area, , of 3.7 square kilometre. Of this area, 2.25 square kilometre or 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.19 square kilometre or 31.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.26 square kilometre or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, 29.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.0% is used for growing crops and 15.8% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Seigneux became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
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 Per fess Or and Azure, a ciborium counterchanged, bordered Gules and Argent.
Demographics
Seigneux has a population of 296. , 8.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999-2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 2.8%. It has changed at a rate of -2.8% due to migration and at a rate of 5.2% 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...
(260 or 94.2%), 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 (6 or 2.2%) 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 (5 or 1.8%). 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...
.
Of the population in the village 91 or about 33.0% were born in Seigneux and lived there in 2000. There were 106 or 38.4% who were born in the same canton, while 47 or 17.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 27 or 9.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man and 3 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 an increase of 3 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.3%.
The age distribution, , in Seigneux is; 31 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 51 teenagers or 17.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 38 people or 12.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 36 people or 12.2% are between 30 and 39, 51 people or 17.3% are between 40 and 49, and 41 people or 13.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 23 people or 7.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 15 people or 5.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 7 people or 2.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 117 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 131 married individuals, 12 widows or widowers and 16 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.6 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 61.2% 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 104 private households in the village, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 24 households that consist of only one person and 9 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 105 households that answered this question, 22.9% 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 29 married couples without children, 43 married couples with children There were 5 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 52 single family homes (or 57.8% of the total) out of a total of 90 inhabited buildings. There were 12 multi-family buildings (13.3%), along with 21 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (23.3%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.6%). Of the single family homes 19 were built before 1919, while 4 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of multi-family homes (3) were built between 1919 and 1945 and again between 1946 and 1960
there were 125 apartments in the village. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 34. There were 8 single room apartments and 53 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 98 apartments (78.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 20 apartments (16.0%) were seasonally occupied and 7 apartments (5.6%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the village, , 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 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 34.42% 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....
(25.99%), 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....
(13.29%) and 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....
(8.01%). In the federal election, a total of 97 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 50.5%.
Economy
, Seigneux had an unemployment rate of 1.6%. , there were 19 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 19 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 5 businesses in this sector. 20 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 10 businesses in this sector. There were 140 residents of the village 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 45. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 12, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 17 of which 13 or (76.5%) were in manufacturing and 4 (23.5%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 16. In the tertiary sector; 13 or 81.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 1 was in education.
, there were 81 workers who commuted into the village and 102 workers who commuted away. The village is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.3 workers leaving the village for every one entering. Of the working population, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.1% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 79 or 28.6% were Roman Catholic, while 155 or 56.2% 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 14 individuals (or about 5.07% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 person who was 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...
. 23 (or about 8.33% 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 10 individuals (or about 3.62% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Seigneux about 105 or (38.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 27 or (9.8%) 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 27 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.6% were Swiss men, 25.9% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 46 students in the Seigneux 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 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 20 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 26 students in those schools.
, there were 9 students in Seigneux who came from another village, while 36 residents attended schools outside the village.