Broye-Vully District

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 (2015)
 • Total 41,811
 • Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 31

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 2015) of 41,811.[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 in Broye-Vully, as of 2009, was as follows:[4]

Age bracket Population Fraction of total
0–9 3,883 11.0%
10–19 4,583 13.0%
20–29 4,261 12.1%
30–39 4,636 13.1%
40–49 5,714 16.2%
50–59 4,531 12.8%
60–69 3,666 10.4%
70–79 2,350 6.7%
80–89 1,404 4.0%
90–up 235 0.7%

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.

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%.[9]

Municipalities

Municipality Population
(31 December 2015)[10]		 Area
km²[1]
Avenches 4,110 17.56
Bussy-sur-Moudon 198 3.09
Champtauroz 133 3.05
Chavannes-sur-Moudon 224 5.14
Chevroux 435 4.37
Corcelles-le-Jorat 423 7.93
Corcelles-près-Payerne 2,233 12.13
Cudrefin 1,516 15.82
Curtilles 311 4.95
Dompierre 247 3.21
Faoug 860 3.45
Grandcour 851 10.21
Henniez 339 2.61
Hermenches 381 4.77
Lovatens 150 3.47
Lucens 3,937 17.7
Missy 349 3.11
Moudon 5,925 15.69
Payerne 9,460 24.19
Prévonloup 172 1.84
Ropraz 407 4.83
Rossenges 65 1.07
Syens 139 2.52
Trey 256 3.81
Treytorrens (Payerne) 123 3.07
Valbroye 2,961 33.61
Villars-le-Comte 150 4.19
Villarzel 416 7.66
Vucherens 543 3.27
Vulliens 461 6.63
Vully-les-Lacs 2,828 24.4
Total (35) 41,811 264.98

References

  1. 1 2 Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
  2. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 30 August 2016
  3. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Archived June 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. (in German) accessed 19 June 2010
  4. ↑ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office (in French) accessed 29 April 2011
  5. ↑ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 4 April 2011
  6. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 17 February 2011
  7. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 29 June 2016
  8. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 10 January 2017
  9. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Archived May 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. (in German) accessed 28 May 2010
  10. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 30 August 2016

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

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