Chancy
Encyclopedia
Chancy is a municipality
of the Canton of Geneva
, Switzerland
. The westernmost point of the country
is located there.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area Out of the forested land, 30.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.8% is used for growing crops and 8.4% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Swiss Champagne valley and contains the western most point in Switzerland. It consists of the villages of Chancy and Passeiry as well as the hamlet
of Le Cannelet.
The municipality of Chancy consists of the sub-sections or villages of Chancy - Les Bois, Chancy - village, Chancy - plateau, Passeiry and Cannelet.
Most of the population speaks French
(785 or 86.0%), with English
being second most common (48 or 5.3%) and German
being third (30 or 3.3%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. The population was made up of 450 Swiss men (39.3% of the population) and 119 (10.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 457 Swiss women (39.9%) and 119 (10.4%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 176 or about 19.3% were born in Chancy and lived there in 2000. There were 334 or 36.6% who were born in the same canton, while 134 or 14.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 246 or 26.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss men and 7 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 7 non-Swiss men and 4 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 16 and the non-Swiss population increased by 23 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.6%.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 5.7%.
, there were 386 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 447 married individuals, 23 widows or widowers and 57 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.63 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.64 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 38.8% 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 343 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 77 households that consist of only one person and 22 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 355 households that answered this question, 21.7% 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 92 married couples without children, 137 married couples with children There were 32 single parents with a child or children. There were 4 households that were made up of unrelated people and 12 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 115 single family homes (or 61.8% of the total) out of a total of 186 inhabited buildings. There were 33 multi-family buildings (17.7%), along with 30 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (16.1%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.3%). Of the single family homes 35 were built before 1919, while 5 were built between 1990 and 2000.
there were 350 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 104. There were 17 single room apartments and 92 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 322 apartments (92.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 14 apartments (4.0%) were seasonally occupied and 14 apartments (4.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 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 28.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(18.22%), the SP
(14.08%) and the Green Party
(12.57%). In the federal election, a total of 297 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 47.4%.
In the 2009 Grand Conseil
election, there were a total of 632 registered voters of which 239 (37.8%) voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the MCG with 22.2% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the third highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the Les Radicaux
(with 16.2%), they were sixth in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Verts
(with 11.5%), they were second in the canton-wide election.
For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 630 registered voters of which 295 (46.8%) voted.
In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Chancy there were 13 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 771 registered voters of which 401 (52.0%) voted. Out of the 401 votes, there were 1 blank votes, 1 null or unreadable votes and 61 votes with a name that was not on the list.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 60. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 10, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 7 of which 3 or (42.9%) were in manufacturing and 4 (57.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 43. In the tertiary sector; 14 or 32.6% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 11.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 4.7% were in the information industry, 3 or 7.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 16.3% were in education and 3 or 7.0% were in health care.
, there were 34 workers who commuted into the municipality and 442 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 13.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 14.7% of the workforce coming into Chancy are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 11.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 76.5% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 14 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 1.53% of the population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 38 individuals (or about 4.16% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals (or about 0.33% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 5 (or about 0.55% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
. 340 (or about 37.24% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 70 individuals (or about 7.67% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 239 who completed tertiary schooling, 40.6% were Swiss men, 31.4% were Swiss women, 15.1% were non-Swiss men and 13.0% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 288 students in the Chancy school system. The education system
in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten
. During that school year, there were 31 children who were in a pre-kindergarten class. The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten
and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In Chancy there were 45 students in kindergarten or primary school and 3 students were in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school
program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 45 lower secondary students who attended school in Chancy. There were 59 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 8 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 18 students attended a private school.
, there were 6 students in Chancy who came from another municipality, while 84 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...
of the Canton of Geneva
Canton of Geneva
The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France. As is the case in several other Swiss cantons The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland,...
, 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....
. The westernmost point of the country
Extreme points of Switzerland
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is located there.
Geography
Chancy has an area, , of 5.36 square kilometres (2.1 sq mi). Of this area, 2.8 km² (1.1 sq mi) or 52.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.75 km² (0.675678777536936 sq mi) or 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.59 km² (0.227800273569596 sq mi) or 11.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.21 km² (0.0810814533044324 sq mi) or 3.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acre) or 0.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area Out of the forested land, 30.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.8% is used for growing crops and 8.4% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Swiss Champagne valley and contains the western most point in Switzerland. It consists of the villages of Chancy and Passeiry as well as the hamlet
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 Le Cannelet.
The municipality of Chancy consists of the sub-sections or villages of Chancy - Les Bois, Chancy - village, Chancy - plateau, Passeiry and Cannelet.
Demographics
Chancy has a population of . , 20.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 27.4%. It has changed at a rate of 13.8% due to migration and at a rate of 12.9% 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...
(785 or 86.0%), with 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 second most common (48 or 5.3%) and 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 third (30 or 3.3%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. The population was made up of 450 Swiss men (39.3% of the population) and 119 (10.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 457 Swiss women (39.9%) and 119 (10.4%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 176 or about 19.3% were born in Chancy and lived there in 2000. There were 334 or 36.6% who were born in the same canton, while 134 or 14.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 246 or 26.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss men and 7 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 7 non-Swiss men and 4 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 16 and the non-Swiss population increased by 23 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.6%.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 5.7%.
, there were 386 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 447 married individuals, 23 widows or widowers and 57 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.63 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.64 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 38.8% 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 343 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 77 households that consist of only one person and 22 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 355 households that answered this question, 21.7% 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 92 married couples without children, 137 married couples with children There were 32 single parents with a child or children. There were 4 households that were made up of unrelated people and 12 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 115 single family homes (or 61.8% of the total) out of a total of 186 inhabited buildings. There were 33 multi-family buildings (17.7%), along with 30 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (16.1%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.3%). Of the single family homes 35 were built before 1919, while 5 were built between 1990 and 2000.
there were 350 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 104. There were 17 single room apartments and 92 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 322 apartments (92.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 14 apartments (4.0%) were seasonally occupied and 14 apartments (4.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 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 28.7% 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....
(18.22%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(14.08%) 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:...
(12.57%). In the federal election, a total of 297 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 47.4%.
In the 2009 Grand Conseil
Grand Council of Geneva
The Grand Council of Geneva is the legislature of the canton of Geneva, in Switzerland. Geneva, styled as a 'Republic and Canton', has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council has 100 seats, with members elected every four years...
election, there were a total of 632 registered voters of which 239 (37.8%) voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the MCG with 22.2% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the third highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the Les Radicaux
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
(with 16.2%), they were sixth in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Verts
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:...
(with 11.5%), they were second in the canton-wide election.
For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 630 registered voters of which 295 (46.8%) voted.
In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Chancy there were 13 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 771 registered voters of which 401 (52.0%) voted. Out of the 401 votes, there were 1 blank votes, 1 null or unreadable votes and 61 votes with a name that was not on the list.
Economy
, Chancy had an unemployment rate of 5.6%. , there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 8 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 60 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector. There were 494 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.4% 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 60. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 10, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 7 of which 3 or (42.9%) were in manufacturing and 4 (57.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 43. In the tertiary sector; 14 or 32.6% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 11.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 4.7% were in the information industry, 3 or 7.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 16.3% were in education and 3 or 7.0% were in health care.
, there were 34 workers who commuted into the municipality and 442 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 13.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 14.7% of the workforce coming into Chancy are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 11.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 76.5% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 231 or 25.3% were Roman Catholic, while 209 or 22.9% 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 14 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 1.53% of the population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belonged 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 38 individuals (or about 4.16% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals (or about 0.33% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 5 (or about 0.55% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
. 340 (or about 37.24% 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 70 individuals (or about 7.67% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Chancy about 290 or (31.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 239 or (26.2%) 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 239 who completed tertiary schooling, 40.6% were Swiss men, 31.4% were Swiss women, 15.1% were non-Swiss men and 13.0% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 288 students in the Chancy school system. The education system
Education in Switzerland
The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons...
in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory 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...
. During that school year, there were 31 children who were in a pre-kindergarten class. The canton's school system provides 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...
and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In Chancy there were 45 students in kindergarten or primary school and 3 students were in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 45 lower secondary students who attended school in Chancy. There were 59 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 8 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 18 students attended a private school.
, there were 6 students in Chancy who came from another municipality, while 84 residents attended schools outside the municipality.