Vallamand
Encyclopedia
Vallamand is a municipality
in the Swiss
the canton
of Vaud
in the district of Broye-Vully.
The municipalities of Bellerive
, Chabrey
, Constantine
, Montmagny
, Mur
, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand
merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 11.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.0% is used for growing crops and 6.8% is pastures, while 6.4% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Vallamand became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules, a Grape Bunch Or leafed Vert, in Chief Argent a letter V Sable.
Most of the population speaks French
(196 or 57.8%), with German
being second most common (130 or 38.3%) and English
being third (7 or 2.1%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian
.
Of the population in the municipality 98 or about 28.9% were born in Vallamand and lived there in 2000. There were 42 or 12.4% who were born in the same canton, while 159 or 46.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 30 or 8.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 7 non-Swiss men and 5 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population remained the same in 2008 and the non-Swiss population increased by 13 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.4%.
The age distribution, , in Vallamand is; 41 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 39 teenagers or 9.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 43 people or 11.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 52 people or 13.3% are between 30 and 39, 69 people or 17.6% are between 40 and 49, and 56 people or 14.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 46 people or 11.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 25 people or 6.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 20 people or 5.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 119 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 178 married individuals, 16 widows or widowers and 26 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.5 which is less people per room than 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 (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 71.4% 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 144 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 46 households that consist of only one person and 8 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 150 households that answered this question, 30.7% 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 57 married couples without children, 32 married couples with children There were 6 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 6 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 127 single family homes (or 75.1% of the total) out of a total of 169 inhabited buildings. There were 19 multi-family buildings (11.2%), along with 14 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.3%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.3%). Of the single family homes 26 were built before 1919, while 16 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of multi-family homes (4) were built before 1919 and again between 1961 and 1970
there were 211 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 63. There were 2 single room apartments and 76 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 140 apartments (66.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 61 apartments (28.9%) were seasonally occupied and 10 apartments (4.7%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.5 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.84%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 32.17% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(27.07%), the LPS Party
(15.88%) and the Green Party
(8.64%). In the federal election, a total of 123 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 43.3%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 46. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 17, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 11 of which 3 or (27.3%) were in manufacturing and 8 (72.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 18. In the tertiary sector; 5 or 27.8% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 22.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 16.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 11.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.
, there were 30 workers who commuted into the municipality and 128 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 67% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church
, there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 6 individuals (or about 1.77% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were there was 1 individual who was Islam
ic and 1 person who was Buddhist
. 40 (or about 11.80% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 14 individuals (or about 4.13% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 76 who completed tertiary schooling, 63.2% were Swiss men, 27.6% were Swiss women, 6.6% were non-Swiss men.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 34 students in the Vallamand 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 18 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 16 students in those schools.
, there were 19 students in Vallamand who came from another municipality, while 43 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
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in the Swiss
Switzerland
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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 the district of Broye-Vully.
The municipalities of Bellerive
Bellerive, Switzerland
Bellerive is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur , Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.-Geography:Bellerive has an...
, Chabrey
Chabrey
Chabrey is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.-Geography:Chabrey has an...
, Constantine
Constantine, Switzerland
Constantine is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.-Geography:Constantine has...
, Montmagny
Montmagny, Switzerland
Montmagny is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.-History:Montmagny is first...
, Mur
Mur, Switzerland
Mur is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.-Geography:Mur has an area, , of...
, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand
Villars-le-Grand
Villars-le-Grand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of...
merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs
Vully-les-Lacs
Vully-les-Lacs is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur , Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.-History:Bellerive is first...
.
Geography
Vallamand has an area, , of 2.34 square kilometre (0.903479051106532 sq mi). Of this area, 1.34 km² (0.517376892513997 sq mi) or 57.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.52 km² (0.200773122468118 sq mi) or 22.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.46 km² (0.177606992952566 sq mi) or 19.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.03 km² (7.4 acre) or 1.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 11.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.0% is used for growing crops and 6.8% is pastures, while 6.4% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Vallamand became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
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is Gules, a Grape Bunch Or leafed Vert, in Chief Argent a letter V Sable.
Demographics
Vallamand has a population of 393. , 12.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 23.2%. It has changed at a rate of 23.2% due to migration and at a rate of 0.3% 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...
(196 or 57.8%), 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 (130 or 38.3%) 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 (7 or 2.1%). There is 1 person who speaks 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 municipality 98 or about 28.9% were born in Vallamand and lived there in 2000. There were 42 or 12.4% who were born in the same canton, while 159 or 46.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 30 or 8.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 7 non-Swiss men and 5 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population remained the same in 2008 and the non-Swiss population increased by 13 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.4%.
The age distribution, , in Vallamand is; 41 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 39 teenagers or 9.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 43 people or 11.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 52 people or 13.3% are between 30 and 39, 69 people or 17.6% are between 40 and 49, and 56 people or 14.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 46 people or 11.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 25 people or 6.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 20 people or 5.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 119 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 178 married individuals, 16 widows or widowers and 26 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.5 which is less people per room than 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 (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 71.4% 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 144 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 46 households that consist of only one person and 8 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 150 households that answered this question, 30.7% 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 57 married couples without children, 32 married couples with children There were 6 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 6 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 127 single family homes (or 75.1% of the total) out of a total of 169 inhabited buildings. There were 19 multi-family buildings (11.2%), along with 14 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.3%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.3%). Of the single family homes 26 were built before 1919, while 16 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of multi-family homes (4) were built before 1919 and again between 1961 and 1970
there were 211 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 63. There were 2 single room apartments and 76 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 140 apartments (66.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 61 apartments (28.9%) were seasonally occupied and 10 apartments (4.7%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.5 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.84%.
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 32.17% 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....
(27.07%), 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....
(15.88%) 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:...
(8.64%). In the federal election, a total of 123 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 43.3%.
Economy
, Vallamand had an unemployment rate of 2.8%. , there were 26 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 13 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 24 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 10 businesses in this sector. There were 185 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.4% 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 46. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 17, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 11 of which 3 or (27.3%) were in manufacturing and 8 (72.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 18. In the tertiary sector; 5 or 27.8% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 22.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 16.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 11.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.
, there were 30 workers who commuted into the municipality and 128 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 67% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 56 or 16.5% were Roman Catholic, while 219 or 64.6% 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
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, there was 1 individual who belongs 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 6 individuals (or about 1.77% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were there was 1 individual who was Islam
Islam
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ic and 1 person who was Buddhist
Buddhism
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. 40 (or about 11.80% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
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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 14 individuals (or about 4.13% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Vallamand about 130 or (38.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 76 or (22.4%) 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 76 who completed tertiary schooling, 63.2% were Swiss men, 27.6% were Swiss women, 6.6% were non-Swiss men.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 34 students in the Vallamand 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 18 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 16 students in those schools.
, there were 19 students in Vallamand who came from another municipality, while 43 residents attended schools outside the municipality.