Vaumarcus
Encyclopedia
Vaumarcus is a municipality
in the district of Boudry
in the canton
of Neuchâtel in Switzerland
.
It was created in 1875 as a merger of Vaumarcus and Vernéaz, and was called Vaumarcus-Vernéaz until 1966.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 33.7% is used for growing crops and 13.5% is pastures, while 11.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Azure, between three Crosses couped Argent on a Chevron of the same three Roses Gules,
Most of the population speaks French
(178 or 93.2%) as their first language, German
is the second most common (7 or 3.7%) and Italian
is the third (4 or 2.1%).
, the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. The population was made up of 110 Swiss men (41.5% of the population) and 23 (8.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 110 Swiss women (41.5%) and 22 (8.3%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 49 or about 25.7% were born in Vaumarcus and lived there in 2000. There were 59 or 30.9% who were born in the same canton, while 54 or 28.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 26 or 13.6% were born outside of Switzerland.
, children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 25.7% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 61.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.1%.
, there were 69 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 105 married individuals, 11 widows or widowers and 6 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 77 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 21 households that consist of only one person and 5 households with five or more people. , a total of 74 apartments (81.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 14 apartments (15.4%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (3.3%) were empty.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
tumulus
is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance
.
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 25.77% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the LPS Party
(23.13%), the SP
(19.82%) and the FDP
(16.52%). In the federal election, a total of 96 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 56.5%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 97. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 30 of which 28 or (93.3%) were in manufacturing and 1 was in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 52. In the tertiary sector; 27 or 51.9% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 13 or 25.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 5.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.
, there were 102 workers who commuted into the municipality and 58 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.8 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. Of the working population, 3% used public transportation to get to work, and 64.6% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islam
ic. 43 (or about 22.51% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 5 individuals (or about 2.62% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 36 who completed tertiary schooling, 61.1% were Swiss men, 30.6% were Swiss women.
In the canton of Neuchâtel most municipalities provide two years of non-mandatory kindergarten
, followed by five years of mandatory primary education. The next four years of mandatory secondary education is provided at thirteen larger secondary schools, which many students travel out of their home municipality to attend. The kindergarten in Vaumarcus is combined with St-Aubin-Sauges. During the 2010-11 school year, there were 3 kindergarten classes with a total of 50 students between the municipalities. In the same year, there was one primary class with a total of 17 students.
, there were 15 students from Vaumarcus who 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 Boudry
Boudry (district)
Boudry District is one of the six districts of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It has a population of . The district capital is the town of Boudry.-Municipalities:The district consists of the following municipalities:...
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 Neuchâtel in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
History
Vaumarcus is first mentioned in 1227 as Valmarcuel.It was created in 1875 as a merger of Vaumarcus and Vernéaz, and was called Vaumarcus-Vernéaz until 1966.
Geography
Vaumarcus has an area, , of 1.8 square kilometre. Of this area, 1.05 square kilometre or 59.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.42 square kilometre or 23.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.3 square kilometre or 16.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.6% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 33.7% is used for growing crops and 13.5% is pastures, while 11.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.
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, between three Crosses couped Argent on a Chevron of the same three Roses Gules,
Demographics
Vaumarcus has a population of . , 16.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 22.1%. It has changed at a rate of 13.1% due to migration and at a rate of 8.9% 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...
(178 or 93.2%) as their first language, 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....
is the second most common (7 or 3.7%) and 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...
is the third (4 or 2.1%).
, the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. The population was made up of 110 Swiss men (41.5% of the population) and 23 (8.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 110 Swiss women (41.5%) and 22 (8.3%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 49 or about 25.7% were born in Vaumarcus and lived there in 2000. There were 59 or 30.9% who were born in the same canton, while 54 or 28.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 26 or 13.6% were born outside of Switzerland.
, children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 25.7% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 61.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.1%.
, there were 69 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 105 married individuals, 11 widows or widowers and 6 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 77 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 21 households that consist of only one person and 5 households with five or more people. , a total of 74 apartments (81.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 14 apartments (15.4%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (3.3%) were empty.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Heritage sites of national significance
La Redoute Des Bourguignons, a prehistoric site and hallstattHallstatt culture
The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Central European culture from the 8th to 6th centuries BC , developing out of the Urnfield culture of the 12th century BC and followed in much of Central Europe by the La Tène culture.By the 6th century BC, the Hallstatt culture extended for some...
tumulus
Tumulus
A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hügelgrab or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn...
is listed as a 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 25.77% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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....
(23.13%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(19.82%) 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....
(16.52%). In the federal election, a total of 96 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 56.5%.
Economy
, Vaumarcus had an unemployment rate of 4.4%. , there were 22 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 36 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 6 businesses in this sector. 60 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 11 businesses in this sector. There were 99 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.4% 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 97. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 30 of which 28 or (93.3%) were in manufacturing and 1 was in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 52. In the tertiary sector; 27 or 51.9% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 13 or 25.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 5.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.
, there were 102 workers who commuted into the municipality and 58 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.8 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. Of the working population, 3% used public transportation to get to work, and 64.6% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 31 or 16.2% were Roman Catholic, while 109 or 57.1% 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 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 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. 43 (or about 22.51% 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 2.62% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Vaumarcus about 79 or (41.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 36 or (18.8%) 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 36 who completed tertiary schooling, 61.1% were Swiss men, 30.6% were Swiss women.
In the canton of Neuchâtel most municipalities provide two years of non-mandatory kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
, followed by five years of mandatory primary education. The next four years of mandatory secondary education is provided at thirteen larger secondary schools, which many students travel out of their home municipality to attend. The kindergarten in Vaumarcus is combined with St-Aubin-Sauges. During the 2010-11 school year, there were 3 kindergarten classes with a total of 50 students between the municipalities. In the same year, there was one primary class with a total of 17 students.
, there were 15 students from Vaumarcus who attended schools outside the municipality.