Bretonnières
Bretonnières | |
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 Bretonnières village | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Bretonnières  | |
  Bretonnières  Bretonnières | |
| Coordinates: 46°43′N 06°28′E / 46.717°N 6.467°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Vaud |
| District | Jura-Nord Vaudois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Syndic M. François Berthoud |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.46 km2 (2.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 674 m (2,211 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 264 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Lè Caque-lentelye |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 1329 |
| SFOS number | 5748 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-VD |
| Surrounded by | Les Clées, Agiez, Bofflens, Romainmôtier-Envy, Premier |
| Website | www Profile (in French), SFSO statistics |
Bretonnières is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
[edit]Bretonnières is first mentioned in 1154 as Bretoneres.[3]
Geography
[edit]Bretonnières has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.5 square kilometers (2.1 sq mi). Of this area, 2.44 km2 (0.94 sq mi) or 44.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi) or 46.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi) or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.[4]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.0% of the area Out of the forested land, 44.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 27.2% is used for growing crops and 17.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[4]
The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bretonnières became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.[5]
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains.
Coat of arms
[edit]The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, two wheat stalks counterchanged.[6]
Demographics
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Bretonnières has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 267.[7] As of 2008[update], 3.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[8] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -1.4%. It has changed at a rate of -1% due to migration and at a rate of -0.5% due to births and deaths.[9]
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (195 or 97.5%), with German being second most common (3 or 1.5%) and Italian being third (1 or 0.5%).[10]
The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Bretonnières is; 15 children or 7.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 25 teenagers or 12.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 20 people or 9.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 22 people or 10.8% are between 30 and 39, 40 people or 19.6% are between 40 and 49, and 30 people or 14.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 28 people or 13.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 7.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 8 people or 3.9% who are between 80 and 89.[11]
As of 2000[update], there were 74 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 110 married individuals, 9 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.[10]
As of 2000[update], there were 80 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.[9] There were 21 households that consist of only one person and 9 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 81 households that answered this question, 25.9% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 26 married couples without children, 31 married couples with children There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.[10]
In 2000[update] there were 48 single family homes (or 66.7% of the total) out of a total of 72 inhabited buildings. There were 10 multi-family buildings (13.9%), along with 11 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (15.3%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.2%).[12]
In 2000[update], a total of 75 apartments (82.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 13 apartments (14.3%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (3.3%) were empty.[12] As of 2009[update], the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.[9] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010[update], was 0%.[9]
The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13]
Politics
[edit]In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.87% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (22.12%), the FDP (15.29%) and the Green Party (11.91%). In the federal election, a total of 86 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.8%.[14]
Economy
[edit]As of 2010[update], Bretonnières had an unemployment rate of 3%. As of 2008[update], there were 27 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 6 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector.[9] There were 97 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.1% of the workforce.
In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 23. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 16, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 3 of which or (0.0%) were in manufacturing, 2 or (66.7%) were in mining and 1 was in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4. In the tertiary sector; 3 or 75.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in education.[15]
In 2000[update], there were 7 workers who commuted into the municipality and 71 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 10.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[16] Of the working population, 15.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 60.8% used a private car.[9]
Religion
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From the 2000 census[update], 25 or 12.5% were Roman Catholic, while 122 or 61.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 34 individuals (or about 17.00% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 33 (or about 16.50% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 3 individuals (or about 1.50% of the population) did not answer the question.[10]
Education
[edit]In Bretonnières about 81 or (40.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 24 or (12.0%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 24 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.3% were Swiss men, 29.2% were Swiss women.[10]
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 18 students in the Bretonnières school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 8 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 10 students in those schools.[18]
As of 2000[update], there were 10 students in Bretonnières who came from another municipality, while 28 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[16]
Transportation
[edit]The municipality has a railway station, Bretonnières, on the Simplon line. It has regular service to Vallorbe, Lausanne, and Aigle.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ a b Bretonnières in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
- ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 4 April 2011
- ^ Flags of the World.com accessed 27-July-2011
- ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Archived June 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 19 June 2010
- ^ a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived January 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine accessed 27-July-2011
- ^ a b c d e STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Archived August 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 2 February 2011
- ^ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine (in French) accessed 29 April 2011
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Archived September 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived September 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Archived May 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 May 2010
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Archived December 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb (in German) accessed 24 June 2010
- ^ Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in French) accessed 2 May 2011
- ^ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition Archived 2016-04-25 at the Wayback Machine (in French) accessed 2 May 2011
