Saint-Oyens
Encyclopedia
Saint-Oyens is a municipality
in the Swiss
canton
of Vaud
located at the top of the Jura mountains
. It lies in the district of Morges.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 36.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.9% is used for growing crops and 11.8% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Saint-Oyens became part of the new district of Morges.
The municipality is located between the vineyard
s of La Côte and the Jura Mountains
.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules, in Chief Or an Eagle Sable.
Most of the population speaks French
(214 or 90.3%), with German
being second most common (9 or 3.8%) and English
being third (8 or 3.4%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian
.
Of the population in the municipality 84 or about 35.4% were born in Saint-Oyens and lived there in 2000. There were 61 or 25.7% who were born in the same canton, while 53 or 22.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 33 or 13.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 4 non-Swiss men 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 a decrease of 4 and the non-Swiss population increased by 9 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.7%.
The age distribution, , in Saint-Oyens is; 36 children or 11.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 42 teenagers or 13.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 35 people or 11.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 30 people or 9.7% are between 30 and 39, 53 people or 17.2% are between 40 and 49, and 53 people or 17.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 34 people or 11.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 12 people or 3.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 7 people or 2.3% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 6 people or 1.9% who are 90 and older.
, there were 88 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 129 married individuals, 11 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 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 67.7% 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 93 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 25 households that consist of only one person and 8 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 95 households that answered this question, 26.3% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 27 married couples without children, 36 married couples with children There were 4 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 48 single family homes (or 57.1% of the total) out of a total of 84 inhabited buildings. There were 5 multi-family buildings (6.0%), along with 22 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (26.2%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (10.7%). Of the single family homes 2 were built before 1919, while 17 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (18) were built between 1971 and 1980. The most multi-family homes (2) were built between 1981 and 1990 and the next most (1) were built before 1919. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 103 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 31. There were 4 single room apartments and 43 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 93 apartments (90.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 6 apartments (5.8%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (3.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 38.69% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party
(16.8%), the FDP
(11.96%) and the LPS Party
(11.89%). In the federal election, a total of 96 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 50.8%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 37. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 12, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 11 of which 8 or (72.7%) were in manufacturing and 3 (27.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 14. In the tertiary sector; 4 or 28.6% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 28.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 21.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 14.3% were in education.
, there were 10 workers who commuted into the municipality and 91 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 9.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 8.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 70.2% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 5 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 2.11% of the population). There were 6 (or about 2.53% of the population) who were Islam
ic. 30 (or about 12.66% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 7 individuals (or about 2.95% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 19 who completed tertiary schooling, 31.6% were Swiss men, 31.6% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 44 students in the Saint-Oyens 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 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 24 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 20 students in those schools.
, there were 13 students in Saint-Oyens who came from another municipality, while 44 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 Swiss
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....
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,...
located at the top of the Jura mountains
Jura mountains
The Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each...
. It lies in the district of Morges.
History
Saint-Oyens is first mentioned in 1139 as Sancto Eugendo. By the 13th Century the church of Saint Oyens was first mentioned. It was totally rebuilt in 1877-78. Some farmhouses in the municipality are from the 18th and 19th Centuries.Geography
Saint-Oyens has an area, , of 3.05 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi). Of this area, 1.72 km² (0.66409571277916 sq mi) or 56.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.17 km² (0.451739525553266 sq mi) or 38.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.15 km² (37.1 acre) or 4.9% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 36.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.9% is used for growing crops and 11.8% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Saint-Oyens became part of the new district of Morges.
The municipality is located between the vineyard
Vineyard
A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice...
s of La Côte and the Jura Mountains
Jura mountains
The Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each...
.
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 Gules, in Chief Or an Eagle Sable.
Demographics
Saint-Oyens has a population of . , 16.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 26.1%. It has changed at a rate of 26.5% due to migration and at a rate of -1.2% 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...
(214 or 90.3%), 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 (9 or 3.8%) 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 (8 or 3.4%). There is 1 person who speaks 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 84 or about 35.4% were born in Saint-Oyens and lived there in 2000. There were 61 or 25.7% who were born in the same canton, while 53 or 22.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 33 or 13.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 4 non-Swiss men 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 a decrease of 4 and the non-Swiss population increased by 9 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.7%.
The age distribution, , in Saint-Oyens is; 36 children or 11.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 42 teenagers or 13.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 35 people or 11.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 30 people or 9.7% are between 30 and 39, 53 people or 17.2% are between 40 and 49, and 53 people or 17.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 34 people or 11.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 12 people or 3.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 7 people or 2.3% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 6 people or 1.9% who are 90 and older.
, there were 88 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 129 married individuals, 11 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 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 67.7% 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 93 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 25 households that consist of only one person and 8 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 95 households that answered this question, 26.3% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 27 married couples without children, 36 married couples with children There were 4 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 48 single family homes (or 57.1% of the total) out of a total of 84 inhabited buildings. There were 5 multi-family buildings (6.0%), along with 22 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (26.2%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (10.7%). Of the single family homes 2 were built before 1919, while 17 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (18) were built between 1971 and 1980. The most multi-family homes (2) were built between 1981 and 1990 and the next most (1) were built before 1919. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 103 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 31. There were 4 single room apartments and 43 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 93 apartments (90.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 6 apartments (5.8%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (3.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
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 38.69% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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:...
(16.8%), 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....
(11.96%) and the LPS Party
Liberal Party of Switzerland
The Liberal Party of Switzerland was a party with economically liberal policies. It was known as a party of the upper class. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the larger Free Democratic Party to establish FDP.The Liberals....
(11.89%). In the federal election, a total of 96 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 50.8%.
Economy
, Saint-Oyens had an unemployment rate of 7.8%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 12 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 19 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector. There were 124 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.9% 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 37. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 12, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 11 of which 8 or (72.7%) were in manufacturing and 3 (27.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 14. In the tertiary sector; 4 or 28.6% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 28.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 21.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 14.3% were in education.
, there were 10 workers who commuted into the municipality and 91 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 9.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 8.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 70.2% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 25 or 10.5% were Roman Catholic, while 164 or 69.2% 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 2.11% of the population). There were 6 (or about 2.53% 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. 30 (or about 12.66% 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 7 individuals (or about 2.95% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Saint-Oyens about 95 or (40.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 19 or (8.0%) 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 19 who completed tertiary schooling, 31.6% were Swiss men, 31.6% were Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 44 students in the Saint-Oyens 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 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 24 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 20 students in those schools.
, there were 13 students in Saint-Oyens who came from another municipality, while 44 residents attended schools outside the municipality.