Essertines-sur-Yverdon
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Essertines-sur-Yverdon 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 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 24.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 56.7% is used for growing crops and 10.2% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Echallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Essertines-sur-Yverdon became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
The municipality is located on the right bank of the Buron river. It consists of the village of Essertines-sur-Yverdon and the hamlet
of Epautheyres on the Lausanne
to Yverdon-les-Bains
road, as well as the hamlets Nonfoux and La Robellaz.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Per pale Argent and Gules, two Stumps eradicated crossed in saltire counterchanged.
Most of the population speaks French
(626 or 94.4%), with German
being second most common (27 or 4.1%) and English
being third (3 or 0.5%). There are 2 people who speak Italian
.
Of the population in the municipality 205 or about 30.9% were born in Essertines-sur-Yverdon and lived there in 2000. There were 265 or 40.0% who were born in the same canton, while 119 or 17.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 53 or 8.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 9 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 7 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 2 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man and 3 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 22 and the non-Swiss population increased by 7 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.5%.
The age distribution, , in Essertines-sur-Yverdon is; 125 children or 14.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 112 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 109 people or 12.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 133 people or 15.7% are between 30 and 39, 106 people or 12.5% are between 40 and 49, and 105 people or 12.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 98 people or 11.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 29 people or 3.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 24 people or 2.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 8 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.
, there were 250 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 341 married individuals, 32 widows or widowers and 40 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.55 which is less people per room than 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 63.2% 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 247 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 51 households that consist of only one person and 24 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 252 households that answered this question, 20.2% were households made up of just one person and there were 4 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 79 married couples without children, 94 married couples with children There were 12 single parents with a child or children. There were 7 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 108 single family homes (or 55.7% of the total) out of a total of 194 inhabited buildings. There were 26 multi-family buildings (13.4%), along with 52 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (26.8%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.1%). Of the single family homes 44 were built before 1919, while 10 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (14) were built before 1919 and the next most (4) were built between 1919 and 1945. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 257 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 60. There were 6 single room apartments and 119 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 234 apartments (91.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 18 apartments (7.0%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (1.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.67%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 40.19% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(18.19%), the Green Party
(10.16%) and the CVP
(7.72%). In the federal election, a total of 243 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 42.9%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 128. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 35, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 34 of which 18 or (52.9%) were in manufacturing and 16 (47.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 59. In the tertiary sector; 32 or 54.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 10 or 16.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 6.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 8.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 6.8% were in education.
, there were 36 workers who commuted into the municipality and 217 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 5% used public transportation to get to work, and 68.1% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church
, and there were 84 individuals (or about 12.67% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 (or about 0.30% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 1 individual who belonged to another church. 81 (or about 12.22% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 24 individuals (or about 3.62% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 87 who completed tertiary schooling, 63.2% were Swiss men, 25.3% were Swiss women, 9.2% were non-Swiss men.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 129 students in the Essertines-sur-Yverdon 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 72 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 57 students in those schools.
, there were 25 students in Essertines-sur-Yverdon who came from another municipality, while 88 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
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....
.
Geography
Essertines-sur-Yverdon has an area, , of 9.75 square kilometres (3.8 sq mi). Of this area, 6.63 km² (2.6 sq mi) or 68.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.49 km² (0.961394374895412 sq mi) or 25.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.58 km² (0.22393925198367 sq mi) or 5.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 24.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 56.7% is used for growing crops and 10.2% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Echallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Essertines-sur-Yverdon became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
The municipality is located on the right bank of the Buron river. It consists of the village of Essertines-sur-Yverdon and 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 Epautheyres on the Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
to Yverdon-les-Bains
Yverdon-les-Bains
Yverdon-les-Bains is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district...
road, as well as the hamlets Nonfoux and La Robellaz.
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 Per pale Argent and Gules, two Stumps eradicated crossed in saltire counterchanged.
Demographics
Essertines-sur-Yverdon has a population of . , 9.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 26.3%. It has changed at a rate of 24.5% due to migration and at a rate of 2.1% 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...
(626 or 94.4%), 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 (27 or 4.1%) 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 (3 or 0.5%). There are 2 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...
.
Of the population in the municipality 205 or about 30.9% were born in Essertines-sur-Yverdon and lived there in 2000. There were 265 or 40.0% who were born in the same canton, while 119 or 17.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 53 or 8.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 9 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 7 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 2 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man and 3 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 22 and the non-Swiss population increased by 7 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.5%.
The age distribution, , in Essertines-sur-Yverdon is; 125 children or 14.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 112 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 109 people or 12.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 133 people or 15.7% are between 30 and 39, 106 people or 12.5% are between 40 and 49, and 105 people or 12.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 98 people or 11.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 29 people or 3.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 24 people or 2.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 8 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.
, there were 250 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 341 married individuals, 32 widows or widowers and 40 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.55 which is less people per room than 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 63.2% 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 247 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 51 households that consist of only one person and 24 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 252 households that answered this question, 20.2% were households made up of just one person and there were 4 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 79 married couples without children, 94 married couples with children There were 12 single parents with a child or children. There were 7 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 108 single family homes (or 55.7% of the total) out of a total of 194 inhabited buildings. There were 26 multi-family buildings (13.4%), along with 52 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (26.8%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.1%). Of the single family homes 44 were built before 1919, while 10 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (14) were built before 1919 and the next most (4) were built between 1919 and 1945. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 257 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 60. There were 6 single room apartments and 119 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 234 apartments (91.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 18 apartments (7.0%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (1.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.67%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Sights
The entire village of Essertines-sur-Yverdon is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage SitesInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.-Sites of national importance:-Types:...
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 40.19% 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....
(18.19%), 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:...
(10.16%) and the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(7.72%). In the federal election, a total of 243 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 42.9%.
Economy
, Essertines-sur-Yverdon had an unemployment rate of 4.8%. , there were 45 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 19 businesses involved in this sector. 40 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 10 businesses in this sector. 71 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 20 businesses in this sector. There were 323 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% 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 128. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 35, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 34 of which 18 or (52.9%) were in manufacturing and 16 (47.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 59. In the tertiary sector; 32 or 54.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 10 or 16.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 6.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 8.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 6.8% were in education.
, there were 36 workers who commuted into the municipality and 217 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 5% used public transportation to get to work, and 68.1% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 107 or 16.1% were Roman Catholic, while 405 or 61.1% 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 member of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
, and there were 84 individuals (or about 12.67% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 (or about 0.30% 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 were 1 individual who belonged to another church. 81 (or about 12.22% 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 24 individuals (or about 3.62% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Essertines-sur-Yverdon about 251 or (37.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 87 or (13.1%) 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 87 who completed tertiary schooling, 63.2% were Swiss men, 25.3% were Swiss women, 9.2% were non-Swiss men.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 129 students in the Essertines-sur-Yverdon 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 72 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 57 students in those schools.
, there were 25 students in Essertines-sur-Yverdon who came from another municipality, while 88 residents attended schools outside the municipality.