Broye-Vully District

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Broye-Vully District
District de la Broye-Vully
District
Location of Broye-Vully District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Vaud
Capital Payerne
Area
 • Total 264.98 km2 (102.31 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 41,041
 • Density 150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 37

Broye-Vully District (French: District de la Broye-Vully) is a district in Vaud Canton in Switzerland.

Geography

Broye-Vully has an area, as of 2009, of 264.99 square kilometers (102.31 sq mi). Of this area, 173.61 km2 (67.03 sq mi) or 65.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 56.85 km2 (21.95 sq mi) or 21.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 29.29 km2 (11.31 sq mi) or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 5.19 km2 (2.00 sq mi) or 2.0% is unproductive land.[1]

Demographics

Broye-Vully has a population (as of December 2014) of 41,041.[2]

In 2008 there were 280 live births to Swiss citizens and 116 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 277 deaths of Swiss citizens and 19 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 97. There were 41 Swiss men and 62 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 263 non-Swiss men and 274 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 382 and the non-Swiss population increased by 442 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.4%.[3]

The age distribution in Broye-Vully, as of 2009, was as follows:[4]

Age bracket Population Fraction of total
0–9 3,883 11.0%
10–19 4,583 13.0%
20–29 4,261 12.1%
30–39 4,636 13.1%
40–49 5,714 16.2%
50–59 4,531 12.8%
60–69 3,666 10.4%
70–79 2,350 6.7%
80–89 1,404 4.0%
90–up 235 0.7%

Mergers and name changes

On 1 September 2006, the Avenches district (District d'Avenches), Moudon district (District de Moudon), (District d'Oron) and Payerne district (District de Payerne) were all dissolved and merged into the Broye-Vully district.

  • The municipalities of Avenches, Bellerive (VD), Chabrey, Constantine, Cudrefin, Faoug, Montmagny, Mur, Oleyres, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand came from the Avenches district.
  • The municipalities of Brenles, Bussy-sur-Moudon, Chavannes-sur-Moudon, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Curtilles, Dompierre, Forel-sur-Lucens, Hermenches, Lovatens, Lucens, Moudon, Oulens-sur-Lucens, Prévonloup, Rossenges, Sarzens, Syens, Villars-le-Comte and Vucherens came from the Moudon district (District de Moudon).
  • The municipalities of Carrouge, Corcelles-le-Jorat, Ropraz and Vulliens came from the Oron district (District d'Oron).
  • The municipalities of Cerniaz (VD), Champtauroz, Chevroux, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Corcelles-près-Payerne, Grandcour, Granges-près-Marnand, Henniez, Marnand, Missy, Payerne, Sassel, Seigneux, Trey, Treytorrens (Payerne), Villars-Bramard and Villarzel came from the Payerne district (District de Payerne).[5]

On 1 July 2011, the municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged into the new municipality of Valbroye. The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur (VD), Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.[6]

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.09% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (22.1%), the SP (19.16%) and the Green Party (9.97%). In the federal election, a total of 9,180 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.1%.[7]

Municipalities

Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[2]		 Area
km²[1]
Avenches 4,037 17.56
Brenles 144 3.83
Bussy-sur-Moudon 197 3.09
Carrouge 1,111 5.42
Champtauroz 137 3.05
Chavannes-sur-Moudon 233 5.14
Chesalles-sur-Moudon 159 1.67
Chevroux 417 4.37
Corcelles-le-Jorat 444 7.93
Corcelles-près-Payerne 2,092 12.13
Cremin 51 1.65
Cudrefin 1,462 15.82
Curtilles 308 4.95
Dompierre 247 3.21
Faoug 822 3.45
Forel-sur-Lucens 151 2.83
Grandcour 861 10.21
Henniez 287 2.61
Hermenches 375 4.77
Lovatens 140 3.47
Lucens 3,298 6.28
Missy 336 3.11
Moudon 5,833 15.69
Payerne 9,389 24.19
Prévonloup 173 1.84
Ropraz 409 4.83
Rossenges 63 1.07
Sarzens 87 1.44
Syens 123 2.52
Trey 264 3.81
Treytorrens (Payerne) 119 3.07
Valbroye 2,936 33.61
Villars-le-Comte 153 4.19
Villarzel 415 7.66
Vucherens 534 3.27
Vulliens 442 6.63
Vully-les-Lacs 2,792 24.4
Total (35) 41,041 264.98

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 31 August 2015
  3. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 (German) accessed 19 June 2010
  4. ↑ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office (French) accessed 29 April 2011
  5. ↑ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (German) accessed 4 April 2011
  6. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 17 February 2011
  7. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton (German) accessed 28 May 2010

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