Boussens, Vaud
Encyclopedia
Boussens is a municipality
in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 67.6% is used for growing crops and 9.8% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Boussens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
The municipality is located in the southern Gros-de-Vaud area. It consists of the village of Boussens and the hamlets
of Chevrine and Grange aux Aguet.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Argent, a lion rampant Gules, bordered Sable and Argent chequy.
Most of the population speaks French
(692 or 93.1%), with German
being second most common (23 or 3.1%) and English
being third (9 or 1.2%). There are 7 people who speak Italian
and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
Of the population in the municipality 124 or about 16.7% were born in Boussens and lived there in 2000. There were 372 or 50.1% who were born in the same canton, while 138 or 18.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 100 or 13.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 10 live births to Swiss citizens and were 7 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population decreased by 1. There were 3 Swiss men and 3 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 2 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 38 and the non-Swiss population increased by 5 people. This represents a population growth rate of 5.7%.
The age distribution, , in Boussens is; 106 children or 12.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 138 teenagers or 16.4% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 78 people or 9.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 125 people or 14.8% are between 30 and 39, 167 people or 19.8% are between 40 and 49, and 115 people or 13.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 77 people or 9.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 20 people or 2.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 18 people or 2.1% who are between 80 and 89.
, there were 346 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 348 married individuals, 18 widows or widowers and 31 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.65 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 (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 70.9% 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 259 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. There were 41 households that consist of only one person and 25 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 264 households that answered this question, 15.5% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 69 married couples without children, 125 married couples with children There were 13 single parents with a child or children. There were 9 households that were made up of unrelated people and 5 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 96 single family homes (or 61.5% of the total) out of a total of 156 inhabited buildings. There were 39 multi-family buildings (25.0%), along with 16 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.3%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.2%). Of the single family homes 10 were built before 1919, while 41 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (11) were built before 1919 and the next most (7) were built between 1991 and 1995. There were 7 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 278 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 93. There were 3 single room apartments and 117 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 251 apartments (90.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 19 apartments (6.8%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (2.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 26.27% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(20.6%), the Green Party
(13.95%) and the FDP
(11.01%). In the federal election, a total of 208 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 41.8%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 153. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 11, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 6, all of which were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 136. In the tertiary sector; 52 or 38.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 2.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 11 or 8.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 5.1% were in education and 2 or 1.5% were in health care.
, there were 99 workers who commuted into the municipality and 323 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 8.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 76% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 5 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.67% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 47 individuals (or about 6.33% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islam
ic. There were 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 100 (or about 13.46% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 11 individuals (or about 1.48% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 125 who completed tertiary schooling, 54.4% were Swiss men, 29.6% were Swiss women, 9.6% were non-Swiss men and 6.4% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 133 students in the Boussens 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 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 68 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 65 students in those schools.
, there were 36 students in Boussens who came from another municipality, while 111 residents 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 Gros-de-Vaud 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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.
Geography
Boussens has an area, , of 3.15 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi). Of this area, 2.47 km² (0.953672331723561 sq mi) or 78.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.42 km² (0.162162906608865 sq mi) or 13.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.29 km² (0.111969625991835 sq mi) or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 67.6% is used for growing crops and 9.8% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Boussens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
The municipality is located in the southern Gros-de-Vaud area. It consists of the village of Boussens and the hamlets
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Chevrine and Grange aux Aguet.
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 Argent, a lion rampant Gules, bordered Sable and Argent chequy.
Demographics
Boussens has a population of . , 7.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 20.1%. It has changed at a rate of 11.4% due to migration and at a rate of 8.4% 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...
(692 or 93.1%), 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 (23 or 3.1%) 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 (9 or 1.2%). There are 7 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...
and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
Of the population in the municipality 124 or about 16.7% were born in Boussens and lived there in 2000. There were 372 or 50.1% who were born in the same canton, while 138 or 18.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 100 or 13.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 10 live births to Swiss citizens and were 7 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population decreased by 1. There were 3 Swiss men and 3 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 2 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 38 and the non-Swiss population increased by 5 people. This represents a population growth rate of 5.7%.
The age distribution, , in Boussens is; 106 children or 12.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 138 teenagers or 16.4% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 78 people or 9.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 125 people or 14.8% are between 30 and 39, 167 people or 19.8% are between 40 and 49, and 115 people or 13.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 77 people or 9.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 20 people or 2.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 18 people or 2.1% who are between 80 and 89.
, there were 346 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 348 married individuals, 18 widows or widowers and 31 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.65 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 (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 70.9% 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 259 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. There were 41 households that consist of only one person and 25 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 264 households that answered this question, 15.5% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 69 married couples without children, 125 married couples with children There were 13 single parents with a child or children. There were 9 households that were made up of unrelated people and 5 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 96 single family homes (or 61.5% of the total) out of a total of 156 inhabited buildings. There were 39 multi-family buildings (25.0%), along with 16 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.3%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.2%). Of the single family homes 10 were built before 1919, while 41 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (11) were built before 1919 and the next most (7) were built between 1991 and 1995. There were 7 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 278 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 93. There were 3 single room apartments and 117 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 251 apartments (90.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 19 apartments (6.8%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (2.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , 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 26.27% 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....
(20.6%), 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:...
(13.95%) 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....
(11.01%). In the federal election, a total of 208 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 41.8%.
Economy
, Boussens had an unemployment rate of 3.4%. , there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 8 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 150 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 23 businesses in this sector. There were 396 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.7% 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 153. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 11, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 6, all of which were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 136. In the tertiary sector; 52 or 38.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 2.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 11 or 8.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 5.1% were in education and 2 or 1.5% were in health care.
, there were 99 workers who commuted into the municipality and 323 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 8.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 76% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 229 or 30.8% were Roman Catholic, while 346 or 46.6% 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 were 5 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 0.67% 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 were 47 individuals (or about 6.33% of the population) who belonged 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. There were 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 100 (or about 13.46% 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 11 individuals (or about 1.48% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Boussens about 287 or (38.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 125 or (16.8%) 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 125 who completed tertiary schooling, 54.4% were Swiss men, 29.6% were Swiss women, 9.6% were non-Swiss men and 6.4% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 133 students in the Boussens 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 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 68 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 65 students in those schools.
, there were 36 students in Boussens who came from another municipality, while 111 residents attended schools outside the municipality.