Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges
Encyclopedia
Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges is a former municipality
in the Swiss
canton
of Vaud
, located in the district of Morges
.
The villages of Colombier
, Monnaz
and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, 2.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 80.2% is used for growing crops and 4.0% is pastures, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The village is located in a high valley between the Venoge
and the Morges rivers.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Argent, on a Cross Sable five Mullets of Six pierced of the first.
Most of the population speaks French
(344 or 90.3%), with German
being second most common (13 or 3.4%) and Swedish
being third (6 or 1.6%). There are 2 people who speak Italian
and 3 people who speak Romansh.
Of the population in the village 94 or about 24.7% were born in Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges and lived there in 2000. There were 171 or 44.9% who were born in the same canton, while 54 or 14.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 50 or 13.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 0 live births to Swiss citizens or resident non-citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same. There were 3 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man and 1 non-Swiss woman 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 11 and the non-Swiss population increased by 4 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.7%.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 32.3% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 57% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.8%.
, there were 157 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 204 married individuals, 13 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.59 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 54.6% 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 135 private households in the village, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. There were 28 households that consist of only one person and 16 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 135 households that answered this question, 20.7% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 36 married couples without children, 66 married couples with children There were 3 single parents with a child or children.
there were 52 single family homes (or 54.2% of the total) out of a total of 96 inhabited buildings. There were 21 multi-family buildings (21.9%), along with 18 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (18.8%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.2%). Of the single family homes 9 were built before 1919, while 23 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (12) were built before 1919 and the next most (2) were built between 1919 and 1945. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 136 apartments in the village. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 34. There were single room apartments and 67 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 130 apartments (95.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3 apartments (2.2%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 19.9 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the village, , was 4.71%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance
. The entire village of Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
.
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 37.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the LPS Party
(14.53%), the SP
(13.74%) and the FDP
(13.46%). In the federal election, a total of 121 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 49.2%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 37. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 18, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 7, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 12. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 25.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 16.7% were in the information industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 3 or 25.0% were in education.
, there were 12 workers who commuted into the village and 142 workers who commuted away. The village is a net exporter of workers, with about 11.8 workers leaving the village for every one entering. Of the working population, 10.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 75.1% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.52% of the population), and there were 24 individuals (or about 6.30% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.52% of the population) who were Jewish
, and there was 1 individual who was Islam
ic. 33 (or about 8.66% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 33 individuals (or about 8.66% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 83 who completed tertiary schooling, 45.8% were Swiss men, 28.9% were Swiss women, 18.1% were non-Swiss men and 7.2% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 14 students in Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges who came from another village, while 56 residents attended schools outside the village.
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 in the district of Morges
Morges (district)
Morges District is a district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Morges.-Geography:Morges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.9% is forested...
.
The villages of Colombier
Colombier, Vaud
Colombier is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.The municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.-Geography:...
, Monnaz
Monnaz
Monnaz is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.The municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.-Geography:...
and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens
Echichens
Echichens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.The municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.-History:...
.
Geography
Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges has an area, , of 3.8 square kilometre. Of this area, 3.36 square kilometre or 88.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.17 square kilometre or 4.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.27 square kilometre or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, 2.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 80.2% is used for growing crops and 4.0% is pastures, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The village is located in a high valley between the Venoge
Venoge (river)
The Venoge is a Swiss river located in the Canton of Vaud, a confluent of the Rhône River, via Lake Geneva. The Swiss poet Jean Villard Gilles has written a poem about it, La Venoge, in 1954.- Geography :...
and the Morges rivers.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Argent, on a Cross Sable five Mullets of Six pierced of the first.
Demographics
Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges has a population of . , 13.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999-2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 22.8%. It has changed at a rate of 17.3% due to migration and at a rate of 4.9% 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...
(344 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 (13 or 3.4%) and Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
being third (6 or 1.6%). 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...
and 3 people who speak Romansh.
Of the population in the village 94 or about 24.7% were born in Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges and lived there in 2000. There were 171 or 44.9% who were born in the same canton, while 54 or 14.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 50 or 13.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 0 live births to Swiss citizens or resident non-citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same. There were 3 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man and 1 non-Swiss woman 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 11 and the non-Swiss population increased by 4 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.7%.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 32.3% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 57% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.8%.
, there were 157 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 204 married individuals, 13 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.59 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 54.6% 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 135 private households in the village, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. There were 28 households that consist of only one person and 16 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 135 households that answered this question, 20.7% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 36 married couples without children, 66 married couples with children There were 3 single parents with a child or children.
there were 52 single family homes (or 54.2% of the total) out of a total of 96 inhabited buildings. There were 21 multi-family buildings (21.9%), along with 18 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (18.8%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.2%). Of the single family homes 9 were built before 1919, while 23 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (12) were built before 1919 and the next most (2) were built between 1919 and 1945. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 136 apartments in the village. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 34. There were single room apartments and 67 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 130 apartments (95.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3 apartments (2.2%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 19.9 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the village, , was 4.71%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Heritage sites of national significance
Mestral CastleMestral Castle
Mestral Castle is a castle in the municipality of Echichens of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.-References:...
is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance
Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
. The entire village of Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
Inventory 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 37.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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....
(14.53%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(13.74%) and the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(13.46%). In the federal election, a total of 121 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 49.2%.
Economy
, Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges had an unemployment rate of 1.2%. , there were 31 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 8 people were employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 17 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector. There were 169 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.4% 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 37. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 18, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 7, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 12. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 25.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 16.7% were in the information industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 3 or 25.0% were in education.
, there were 12 workers who commuted into the village and 142 workers who commuted away. The village is a net exporter of workers, with about 11.8 workers leaving the village for every one entering. Of the working population, 10.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 75.1% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 87 or 22.8% were Roman Catholic, while 211 or 55.4% 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 2 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 0.52% of the population), and there were 24 individuals (or about 6.30% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.52% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and there was 1 individual who was Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. 33 (or about 8.66% 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 33 individuals (or about 8.66% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges about 123 or (32.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 83 or (21.8%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 83 who completed tertiary schooling, 45.8% were Swiss men, 28.9% were Swiss women, 18.1% were non-Swiss men and 7.2% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 14 students in Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges who came from another village, while 56 residents attended schools outside the village.