Vugelles-La Mothe

Vugelles-La Mothe
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Vugelles-La Mothe
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Coordinates: 46°49′N6°35′E / 46.817°N 6.583°E / 46.817; 6.583
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Jura-Nord Vaudois
Government
•  Mayor	Syndic
Area [1]
• Total	3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Elevation	520 m (1,710 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018) [2]
• Total	131
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1431
SFOS number	5937
ISO 3166 code	CH-VD
Surrounded by	Bullet, Giez, Novalles, Orges, Vuiteboeuf
Website	http://www.vugelleslamothe.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

Vugelles-La Mothe is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Vugelles-La Mothe has an area, as of 2009 ^[update] , of 3.1 square kilometers (1.2 sq mi). Of this area, 0.95 km² (0.37 sq mi) or 30.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.97 km² (0.76 sq mi) or 64.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.13 km² (32 acres) or 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 1.3% is unproductive land. ^[3]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 60.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.0% is used for growing crops and 14.3% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 1.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. ^[3]

The municipality was part of the Yverdon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Vugelles-La Mothe became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois. ^[4]

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, overall an Owl proper standing on a semi Mining-weel Or. ^[5]

Demographics

Vugelles-La Mothe has a population (as of December 2020 ^[update] ) of 138. ^[6] As of 2008 ^[update] , 5.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. ^[7] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.5%. It has changed at a rate of 3.6% due to migration and at a rate of 0% due to births and deaths. ^[8]

Most of the population (as of 2000 ^[update] ) speaks French (81 or 81.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (14 or 14.1%) and English is the third (2 or 2.0%). ^[9]

The age distribution, as of 2009 ^[update] , in Vugelles-La Mothe is; 19 children or 16.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 15 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 13 people or 11.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 17 people or 14.7% are between 30 and 39, 17 people or 14.7% are between 40 and 49, and 15 people or 12.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 11 people or 9.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 5 people or 4.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 4 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89. ^[10]

As of 2000 ^[update] , there were 37 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 48 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 6 individuals who are divorced. ^[9]

As of 2000 ^[update] , there were 38 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. ^[8] There were 7 households that consist of only one person and 4 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 38 households that answered this question, 18.4% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 11 married couples without children, 15 married couples with children There were 5 single parents with a child or children. ^[9]

In 2000 ^[update] there were 17 single family homes (or 53.1% of the total) out of a total of 32 inhabited buildings. There were 2 multi-family buildings (6.3%), along with 7 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (21.9%) and 6 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (18.8%). ^[11]

In 2000 ^[update] , a total of 36 apartments (92.3% of the total) were permanently occupied and 3 apartments (7.7%) were empty. ^[11] As of 2009 ^[update] , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. ^[8] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010 ^[update] , was 0%. ^[8]

The historical population is given in the following chart: ^[12]

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.54% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (18.21%), the FDP (11.38%) and the Green Party (9.63%). In the federal election, a total of 33 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.6%. ^[13]

Economy

As of  2010 ^[update] , Vugelles-La Mothe had an unemployment rate of 6.6%. As of 2008 ^[update] , there were 10 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 5 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 4 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector. ^[8] There were 43 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.5% of the workforce.

In 2008 ^[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 15. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 7, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 4 of which 3 or (75.0%) were in manufacturing The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4, all in a hotel or restaurant. ^[14]

In 2000 ^[update] , there were 7 workers who commuted into the municipality and 25 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. ^[15] Of the working population, 7% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.2% used a private car. ^[8]

Religion

From the 2000 census ^[update] , 10 or 10.1% were Roman Catholic, while 70 or 70.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. There were 2 individuals who were Hindu. 15 (or about 15.15% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 2 individuals (or about 2.02% of the population) did not answer the question. ^[9]

Education

In Vugelles-La Mothe about 29 or (29.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 16 or (16.2%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). Of the 16 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.3% were Swiss men, 37.5% were Swiss women. ^[9]

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 20 students in the Vugelles-La Mothe school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. ^[16] 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 9 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 9 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school. ^[17]

As of 2000 ^[update] , there were 22 students from Vugelles-La Mothe who attended schools outside the municipality. ^[15]

References

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13. Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton (in German) accessed 28 May 2010
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15. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Archived 2012-08-04 at archive.today (in German) accessed 24 June 2010
16. Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010 (in French) accessed 2 May 2011
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