Broye-Vully District

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Broye-Vully District
District de la Broye-Vully
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Vaud
Capital Payerne
Area
 • Total 264.98 km2 (102.31 sq mi)
Population (2012)
 • Total 38,418
 • Density 140/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 37

Broye-Vully District (French: District de la Broye-Vully) is a district in Vaud Canton in Switzerland.

Geography

Broye-Vully has an area, as of 2009, of 264.99 square kilometers (102.31 sq mi). Of this area, 173.61 km2 (67.03 sq mi) or 65.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 56.85 km2 (21.95 sq mi) or 21.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 29.29 km2 (11.31 sq mi) or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 5.19 km2 (2.00 sq mi) or 2.0% is unproductive land.[1]

Demographics

Broye-Vully has a population (as of December 2012) of 38,418.[2]

In 2008 there were 280 live births to Swiss citizens and 116 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 277 deaths of Swiss citizens and 19 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 97. There were 41 Swiss men and 62 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 263 non-Swiss men and 274 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 382 and the non-Swiss population increased by 442 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.4%.[3]

The age distribution, as of 2009, in Broye-Vully is; 3,883 children or 11.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 4,583 teenagers or 13.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 4,261 people or 12.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 4,636 people or 13.1% are between 30 and 39, 5,714 people or 16.2% are between 40 and 49, and 4,531 people or 12.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 3,666 people or 10.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 2,350 people or 6.7% are between 70 and 79,there are 1,404 people or 4.0% who are 80 and 89, and there are 235 people or 0.7% who are 90 and older.[4]

Mergers and name changes

On 1 September 2006, the Avenches district (District d'Avenches), Moudon district (District de Moudon), (District d'Oron) and Payerne district (District de Payerne) were all dissolved and merged into the Broye-Vully district.

  • The municipalities of Avenches, Bellerive (VD), Chabrey, Constantine, Cudrefin, Faoug, Montmagny, Mur, Oleyres, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand came from the Avenches district.
  • The municipalities of Brenles, Bussy-sur-Moudon, Chavannes-sur-Moudon, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Curtilles, Dompierre, Forel-sur-Lucens, Hermenches, Lovatens, Lucens, Moudon, Oulens-sur-Lucens, Prévonloup, Rossenges, Sarzens, Syens, Villars-le-Comte and Vucherens came from the Moudon district (District de Moudon).
  • The municipalities of Carrouge, Corcelles-le-Jorat, Ropraz and Vulliens came from the Oron district (District d'Oron).
  • The municipalities of Cerniaz (VD), Champtauroz, Chevroux, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Corcelles-près-Payerne, Grandcour, Granges-près-Marnand, Henniez, Marnand, Missy, Payerne, Sassel, Seigneux, Trey, Treytorrens (Payerne), Villars-Bramard and Villarzel came from the Payerne district (District de Payerne).[5]

On 1 July 2011, the municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged into the new municipality of Valbroye. The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur (VD), Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.[6]

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.09% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (22.1%), the SP (19.16%) and the Green Party (9.97%). In the federal election, a total of 9,180 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.1%.[7]

Municipalities

Municipality Population
(31 December 2012)[2]		 Area
km²[1]
Avenches 3,587 17.56
Brenles 157 3.83
Bussy-sur-Moudon 187 3.09
Carrouge 1,025 5.42
Champtauroz 120 3.05
Chavannes-sur-Moudon 213 5.14
Chesalles-sur-Moudon 147 1.67
Chevroux 413 4.37
Corcelles-le-Jorat 423 7.93
Corcelles-près-Payerne 1,997 12.13
Cremin 56 1.65
Cudrefin 1,426 15.82
Curtilles 297 4.95
Dompierre 252 3.21
Faoug 753 3.45
Forel-sur-Lucens 154 2.83
Grandcour 788 10.21
Henniez 276 2.61
Hermenches 362 4.77
Lovatens 128 3.47
Lucens 3,017 6.28
Missy 326 3.11
Moudon 5,202 15.69
Payerne 9,146 24.19
Prévonloup 151 1.84
Ropraz 368 4.83
Rossenges 60 1.07
Sarzens 85 1.44
Syens 136 2.52
Trey 251 3.81
Treytorrens (Payerne) 119 3.07
Valbroye 2,776 33.61
Villars-le-Comte 154 4.19
Villarzel 398 7.66
Vucherens 518 3.27
Vulliens 420 6.63
Vully-les-Lacs 2,530 24.4
Total (35) 38,418 264.98

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 17 September 2013
  3. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 (German) accessed 19 June 2010
  4. ↑ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office (French) accessed 29 April 2011
  5. ↑ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (German) accessed 4 April 2011
  6. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 17 February 2011
  7. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton (German) accessed 28 May 2010

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Coordinates: 46°49′N 6°56′E / 46.817°N 6.933°E / 46.817; 6.933

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