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Chavannes-le-Chêne
Chavannes-le-Chêne is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Chavannes-le-Chêne is first mentioned in 1334 as ''Chavanes''. Geography Chavannes-le-Chêne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 82.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 11.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jura-North Vaudois District
Jura-Nord Vaudois District (french: district du Jura-Nord vaudois) is a district in Vaud canton of Switzerland. Its capital is Yverdon-les-Bains. Geography Jura-Nord vaudois has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Demographics Jura-Nord vaudois has a population () of . In there were 605 live births to Swiss citizens and 195 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 608 deaths of Swiss citizens and 48 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yverdon District
Yverdon District was a district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland until 2006 when it was dissolved. It was divided into the Cercles of Molondin, Belmont-sur-Yverdon, Yverdon and Champvent. The district consisted of 38 municipalities, is 156.68 km² in area and was home to 34,929 inhabitants at the end of 2003. Mergers and name changes * On 1 January 2005 the former municipality of Arrissoules merged into the municipality of Rovray. * On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Belmont-sur-Yverdon, Bioley-Magnoux, Chamblon, Champvent, Chanéaz, Chavannes-le-Chêne, Chêne-Pâquier, Cheseaux-Noréaz, Cronay, Cuarny, Démoret, Donneloye, Épendes (VD), Essert-Pittet, Essert-sous-Champvent, Gossens, Gressy, Mathod, Mézery-près-Donneloye, Molondin, Montagny-près-Yverdon, Orges, Orzens, Pomy, Prahins, Rovray, Suchy, Suscévaz, Treycovagnes, Ursins, Valeyres-sous-Montagny, Valeyres-sous-Ursins, Villars-Epeney, Villars-sous-Champvent, Vugelles-La Mothe, Yverdon-les-Bains, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chêne-Pâquier
Chêne-Pâquier is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Pâquier is first mentioned in 1462 as ''Pascua''. In 1517 it was mentioned as ''Pasquier'' and in 1550, Chêne was mentioned as ''loz Chanoz''. Geography Chêne-Pâquier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.2% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, 22.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheyres
Cheyres ( frp, Chêres, locally or ''Tsàrè'') is a former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Cheyres and Châbles merged into the new municipality of Cheyres-Châbles. History Cheyres is first mentioned in 1230 as ''Cheres''. Geography Cheyres has an area, , of . Of this area, or 42.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 35.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes and or 6.6% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.2% and transportation infrastruct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molondin
Molondin is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Molondin is first mentioned in 1380 as ''Mollondens'' and ''Mollendens''. Geography Molondin has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.4% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 27.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 59.0% is used for growing cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murist
Murist (; frp, Muri ) is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. Its territory was enlarged in 1981 with the formerly independent municipalities La Vounaise and Montborget, and in 1992 with Franex.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 4 April 2011 On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Murist, Bussy, , |
Rovray
Rovray is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Rovray is first mentioned around 1403–1409 as ''Roueraye''. Arrissoules is first mentioned in 1148 as ''Arresules''. On 1 January 2005 the former municipality of Arrissoules merged into the municipality of Rovray, which kept the name Rovray. Geography Rovray has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treytorrens (Payerne)
Treytorrens is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Geography Treytorrens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.9% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 59.6% is used for growing crops and 15.3% is pastures. The municipality was part of the |
Champtauroz
Champtauroz is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Champtauroz is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Chantuoro''. Geography Champtauroz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 62.3% is used for growing crops and 11.8% is pastures. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Swiss Federal Election
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. For the 48th legislative term of the federal parliament (2007–2011), voters in 26 cantons elected all 200 members of the National Council as well as 43 out of 46 members of the Council of States. The other three members of the Council of States for that term of service were elected at an earlier date.The date of the election of the members of the Council of States is a matter of cantonal law. 24 cantons have chosen to let the elections coincide with the federally regulated National Council elections. Two cantons are electing their members of the Council of States at an earlier date: Zug reelected its incumbents Peter Bieri and Rolf Schweiger on 29 October 2006, while Appenzell Innerrhoden elected Ivo Bischofsberger as its on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national-conservative, right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marco Chiesa, it is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 53 members of the National Council and 6 of the Council of States. The SVP originated in 1971 as a merger of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) and the Democratic Party, while the BGB, in turn, had been founded in the context of the emerging local farmers' parties in the late 1910s. The SVP initially did not enjoy any increased support beyond that of the BGB, retaining around 11% of the vote through the 1970s and 1980s. This changed however during the 1990s, when the party underwent deep structural and ideological changes under the influence of Christoph Blocher; the SVP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
