Villorsonnens
Encyclopedia
Villorsonnens is a municipality
in the district of Glâne
in the canton
of Fribourg in Switzerland
. The municipality was created in 2001 with the merger of Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens, Orsonnens, Villargiroud and Villarsiviriaux.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 27.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.6% is used for growing crops and 24.8% is pastures and 2.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located 2001 de la fusion de Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens, Orsonnens, Villargiroud et Villarsiviriaux.. It consists of the village of Villorsonnens and the hamlets
of 2001 de la fusion de Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens, Orsonnens, Villargiroud et Villarsiviriaux..
of the municipal coat of arms
is Per bend sinister Gules four Mullets of Five Or and Argent. The coat of arms was selected from a public contest that generated three proposals. The four stars represent the four former municipalities.
Most of the population speaks French
(92.6%) as their first language, German
is the second most common (2.7%) and Portugese is the third (1.7%).
, the population was 52.6% male and 47.4% female. The population was made up of 592 Swiss men (47.7% of the population) and 60 (4.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 548 Swiss women (44.2%) and 40 (3.2%) non-Swiss women. , children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 30% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 58.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.8%.
, the construction rate of new housing units was 3.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.87%.
. The entire village of Orsonnens is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
.
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 35.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
(18.5%), the SP
(18.3%) and the FDP
(10.2%).
The SVP received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election
(37.5% in 2007 vs 35.4% in 2011). The CVP retained about the same popularity (19.4% in 2007), the SPS retained about the same popularity (17.7% in 2007) and the FDP lost popularity (15.5% in 2007). A total of 427 votes were cast in this election, of which 6 or 1.4% were invalid.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 208. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 96, of which 93 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 68 of which 55 or (80.9%) were in manufacturing and 11 (16.2%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 44. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 6.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 11.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 22.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 15.9% were in education and 11 or 25.0% were in health care.
Of the working population, 7.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.6% used a private car.
, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school. The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium
(university preparatory) and vocational programs. After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship
.
During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 113 students attending 6 classes in Villorsonnens. A total of 233 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There was one kindergarten class with a total of 19 students in the municipality. The municipality had 5 primary classes and 94 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 53 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 20 upper Secondary students and 39 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes, but there was one non-university Tertiary student and 6 specialized Tertiary students who attended classes in another 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 Glâne
Glâne (district)
Glâne District is a one of seven districts in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It has a population of .-Mergers and name changes:...
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 Fribourg 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....
. The municipality was created in 2001 with the merger of Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens, Orsonnens, Villargiroud and Villarsiviriaux.
Geography
Villorsonnens has an area, , of 15.5 square kilometre. Of this area, 10.11 square kilometre or 65.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.47 square kilometre or 28.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.87 square kilometre or 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km² (12.4 acre) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 27.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.6% is used for growing crops and 24.8% is pastures and 2.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located 2001 de la fusion de Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens, Orsonnens, Villargiroud et Villarsiviriaux.. It consists of the village of Villorsonnens and the hamlets
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 2001 de la fusion de Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens, Orsonnens, Villargiroud et Villarsiviriaux..
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 bend sinister Gules four Mullets of Five Or and Argent. The coat of arms was selected from a public contest that generated three proposals. The four stars represent the four former municipalities.
Demographics
Villorsonnens has a population of . , 7.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 13.9%. Migration accounted for 10%, while births and deaths accounted for 4.9%.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...
(92.6%) as their first language, 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....
is the second most common (2.7%) and Portugese is the third (1.7%).
, the population was 52.6% male and 47.4% female. The population was made up of 592 Swiss men (47.7% of the population) and 60 (4.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 548 Swiss women (44.2%) and 40 (3.2%) non-Swiss women. , children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 30% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 58.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.8%.
, the construction rate of new housing units was 3.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.87%.
Heritage sites of national significance
The Church of Saint-Pierre is listed as Swiss heritage site of national significanceSwiss 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 Orsonnens 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 2011 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2011
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 23 October 2011.All of the Federal Assembly were to be elected: all 200 seats in the National Council and all 46 seats in the Council of States....
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 35.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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...
(18.5%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(18.3%) 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....
(10.2%).
The SVP received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election
Swiss 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...
(37.5% in 2007 vs 35.4% in 2011). The CVP retained about the same popularity (19.4% in 2007), the SPS retained about the same popularity (17.7% in 2007) and the FDP lost popularity (15.5% in 2007). A total of 427 votes were cast in this election, of which 6 or 1.4% were invalid.
Economy
, Villorsonnens had an unemployment rate of 2.6%. , there were 129 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 49 businesses involved in this sector. 88 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 11 businesses in this sector. 60 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 16 businesses in this sector. There were residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity.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 208. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 96, of which 93 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 68 of which 55 or (80.9%) were in manufacturing and 11 (16.2%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 44. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 6.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 11.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 22.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 15.9% were in education and 11 or 25.0% were in health care.
Of the working population, 7.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.6% used a private car.
Education
The Canton of Fribourg school system provides one year of non-obligatory KindergartenKindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school. The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
(university preparatory) and vocational programs. After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or protégés build their careers from apprenticeships...
.
During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 113 students attending 6 classes in Villorsonnens. A total of 233 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There was one kindergarten class with a total of 19 students in the municipality. The municipality had 5 primary classes and 94 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 53 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 20 upper Secondary students and 39 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes, but there was one non-university Tertiary student and 6 specialized Tertiary students who attended classes in another municipality.