Peyres-Possens
Encyclopedia
Peyres-Possens is a municipality
in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.2% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 35.4% is used for growing crops and 12.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Peyres-Possens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
The municipality is located on a hilly plateau in the mid-Jorat
to the right of the Mentue river. It consists of the villages of Peyres and Possens.
The municipalities of Chapelle-sur-Moudon
, Correvon
, Denezy
, Martherenges
, Neyruz-sur-Moudon
, Peyres-Possens, Saint-Cierges
, Thierrens
and Chanéaz
are considering a merger on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality with an, , undetermined name.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Argent, a Wall embattled and towered Gules masoned Sable.
Most of the population speaks French
(128 or 89.5%), with German
being second most common (7 or 4.9%) and Albanian
being third (6 or 4.2%). There are 2 people who speak Italian
.
Of the population in the municipality 37 or about 25.9% were born in Peyres-Possens and lived there in 2000. There were 58 or 40.6% who were born in the same canton, while 24 or 16.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 16 or 11.2% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 5 and the non-Swiss population remained the same. This represents a population growth rate of 3.3%.
The age distribution, , in Peyres-Possens is; 25 children or 16.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 26 teenagers or 17.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 8 people or 5.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 21 people or 13.8% are between 30 and 39, 29 people or 19.1% are between 40 and 49, and 11 people or 7.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 13 people or 8.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 10.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 3 people or 2.0% who are between 80 and 89.
, there were 63 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 57 married individuals, 10 widows or widowers and 13 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.62 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 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 45.2% 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 46 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 14 households that consist of only one person and 5 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 48 households that answered this question, 29.2% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 13 married couples without children, 17 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children.
there were 12 single family homes (or 36.4% of the total) out of a total of 33 inhabited buildings. There were 4 multi-family buildings (12.1%), along with 15 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (45.5%) and 2 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.1%). Of the single family homes 4 were built before 1919, while 3 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of multi-family homes (2) were built between 1961 and 1970 and again between 1971 and 1980
there were 51 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 17. There were 1 single room apartments and 15 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 42 apartments (82.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 5 apartments (9.8%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (7.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 3.64%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 37.57% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(21.96%), the FDP
(16.14%) and the Green Party
(6.61%). In the federal election, a total of 42 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 44.7%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 28. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 7, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 19 of which 16 or (84.2%) were in manufacturing and 3 (15.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 100.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, .
, there were 46 workers who commuted into the municipality and 37 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. Of the working population, 7.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 64.8% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 26 individuals (or about 18.18% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 7 (or about 4.90% of the population) who were Islam
ic. 13 (or about 9.09% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 4 individuals (or about 2.80% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 20 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.0% were Swiss men, 35.0% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 39 students in the Peyres-Possens 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 20 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 19 students in those schools.
, there were 20 students from Peyres-Possens who attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
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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....
.
History
Peyres is first mentioned in 1200 as Pairi. Possens was mentioned in 1230 as Pussens.Geography
Peyres-Possens has an area, , of 1.9 square kilometre. Of this area, 0.94 square kilometre or 49.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.76 square kilometre or 39.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.19 square kilometre or 9.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.2% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 35.4% is used for growing crops and 12.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Peyres-Possens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
The municipality is located on a hilly plateau in the mid-Jorat
Jorat (Switzerland)
The Jorat is the area of the Canton of Vaud located between the Gros-de-Vaud, West and the Broye, East.-Geography:It is a mountain range that stretches from above Lausanne at the South and stretches toward Payerne at the North...
to the right of the Mentue river. It consists of the villages of Peyres and Possens.
The municipalities of Chapelle-sur-Moudon
Chapelle-sur-Moudon
Chapelle-sur-Moudon is a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Chapelle-sur-Moudon is first mentioned in 1177 as Capellam. In 1228 it was mentioned as Capella Vualdana. Under Bernese administration, it was known as Chapelle Vaudanne...
, Correvon
Correvon
Correvon is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Correvon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 83.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 12.5% is forested...
, Denezy
Denezy
Denezy is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Denezy is first mentioned in 929 as villare Donaciaco. In 1142 it was mentioned as Danisei.-Geography:...
, Martherenges
Martherenges
Martherenges is a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Martherenges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.9% is forested...
, Neyruz-sur-Moudon
Neyruz-sur-Moudon
Neyruz-sur-Moudon is a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Neyruz-sur-Moudon is first mentioned in 1147 as Noeruls and Nuruls. It was first called Neyruz-sur-Moudon in 1953.-Geography:...
, Peyres-Possens, Saint-Cierges
Saint-Cierges
Saint-Cierges is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Its name refers to Saint Cyriacus, who is the town's patron saint.area = 6.4 -History:...
, Thierrens
Thierrens
Thierrens is a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Thierrens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.6% is forested...
and Chanéaz
Chanéaz
Chanéaz is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Chanéaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 72.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.9% is forested...
are considering a merger on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality with an, , undetermined name.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
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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 Wall embattled and towered Gules masoned Sable.
Demographics
Peyres-Possens has a population of . , 11.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 31%. It has changed at a rate of 17.2% 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...
(128 or 89.5%), 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 (7 or 4.9%) and Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
being third (6 or 4.2%). 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 37 or about 25.9% were born in Peyres-Possens and lived there in 2000. There were 58 or 40.6% who were born in the same canton, while 24 or 16.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 16 or 11.2% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 5 and the non-Swiss population remained the same. This represents a population growth rate of 3.3%.
The age distribution, , in Peyres-Possens is; 25 children or 16.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 26 teenagers or 17.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 8 people or 5.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 21 people or 13.8% are between 30 and 39, 29 people or 19.1% are between 40 and 49, and 11 people or 7.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 13 people or 8.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 10.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 3 people or 2.0% who are between 80 and 89.
, there were 63 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 57 married individuals, 10 widows or widowers and 13 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.62 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 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 45.2% 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 46 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 14 households that consist of only one person and 5 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 48 households that answered this question, 29.2% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 13 married couples without children, 17 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children.
there were 12 single family homes (or 36.4% of the total) out of a total of 33 inhabited buildings. There were 4 multi-family buildings (12.1%), along with 15 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (45.5%) and 2 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.1%). Of the single family homes 4 were built before 1919, while 3 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of multi-family homes (2) were built between 1961 and 1970 and again between 1971 and 1980
there were 51 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 17. There were 1 single room apartments and 15 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 42 apartments (82.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 5 apartments (9.8%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (7.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 3.64%.
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 37.57% 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....
(21.96%), 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....
(16.14%) 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:...
(6.61%). In the federal election, a total of 42 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 44.7%.
Economy
, Peyres-Possens had an unemployment rate of 7.1%. , there were 13 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 20 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 2 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector. There were 54 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.6% 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 28. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 7, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 19 of which 16 or (84.2%) were in manufacturing and 3 (15.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 100.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, .
, there were 46 workers who commuted into the municipality and 37 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. Of the working population, 7.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 64.8% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 31 or 21.7% were Roman Catholic, while 75 or 52.4% 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 26 individuals (or about 18.18% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 7 (or about 4.90% 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. 13 (or about 9.09% 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 4 individuals (or about 2.80% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Peyres-Possens about 40 or (28.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 20 or (14.0%) 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 20 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.0% were Swiss men, 35.0% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 39 students in the Peyres-Possens 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 20 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 19 students in those schools.
, there were 20 students from Peyres-Possens who attended schools outside the municipality.