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Sullens
Sullens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud. History Sullens is first mentioned in 1180 as ''Sollens''. Geography Sullens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 12.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.3% 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 7.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 66.3% is used for growing crops and 4.3% is pastures. The municipality was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gros-de-Vaud District
Gros-de-Vaud District (french: District du Gros-de-Vaud) is a district in Vaud canton. Gros-de-Vaud has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Demographics Gros-de-Vaud has a population () of . In there were 312 live births to Swiss citizens and 54 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 217 deaths of Swiss citizens and 17 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 95 while the foreign population i ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cossonay District
Cossonay District was a district of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district was the town of Cossonay. It was dissolved on 31 August 2006.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 4 April 2011 Mergers and name changes * On 1 January 1999 the former municipalities of Villars-Lussery and Lussery merged to form the new municipality of Lussery-Villars. * On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Bettens, Bournens, Boussens, Daillens, Lussery-Villars, Mex (VD), Penthalaz, Penthaz, Sullens and Vufflens-la-Ville came from the District de Cossonay to join the |
Boussens, Switzerland
Boussens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Boussens is first mentioned in 1177 as ''Bussens''. Geography Boussens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 78.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.2% 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 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 67.6% is used for growing crops and 9.8% is pastures. The municipality was part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne
Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (, literally ''Cheseaux on Lausanne''; frp, Chesâls) is a municipality in the district of Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. History Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Chesaus''. Geography Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 60.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 14.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 24.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.0% and transportation infrastructure made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crissier
Crissier () is a municipality in the district of Ouest Lausannois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of Lausanne. History Crissier is first mentioned in 1199 as ''Crissiaco''. In 1228 it was mentioned as ''Crissie''. Geography Crissier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 25.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 48.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 14.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 16.3%. while parks, green belts and sports field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mex, Vaud
Mex is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud. History Mex is first mentioned in 1154 as ''Mais''. Geography Mex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 17.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 27.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 44 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penthaz
Penthaz is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Penthaz is first mentioned in 1011 as ''Penta''. Geography Penthaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 17.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.8% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 8.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vufflens-la-Ville
Vufflens-la-Ville is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud. Geography Vufflens-la-Ville has an area, , of . Of this, or 61.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.0% is forested. Of the remaining land, or 13.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.9% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built-up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings make up 7.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. Twenty-one percent of the total land area is heavily forested and 2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bournens
Bournens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Bournens is first mentioned in 1184 as ''Brunens''. Geography Bournens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.5% 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 3.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 65.6% is used for growing crops and 7.4% is pastures, while 1.3% is u ... [...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 of Switzerland, Federal Assembly, with 53 members of the National Council of Switzerland, National Council and 6 of the Council of States of Switzerland, Council of States. The SVP originated in 1971 as a merger of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) and the Democratic Party (Switzerland), 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 duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council since 1960 and received the second highest total number of votes in the 2019 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, currently Alain Berset and Simonetta Sommaruga. As of September 2019, the SP is the second largest political party in the Federal Assembly. Unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP is the largest pro-European party in Switzerland and supports Swiss membership of the European Union. Additionally, it is strongly opposed to capitalism and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Party Of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland (german: GRÜNE Schweiz; french: Les VERT-E-S suisses; it, VERDI svizzeri; rm, VERDA svizra) is the fourth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council. History The first Green party in Switzerland was founded as a local party in 1971 in the town of Neuchâtel. In 1979, Daniel Brélaz was elected to the National Council as the first Green MP on the national level (in Switzerland and in the world). Local and regional Green parties and organisations were founded in many different towns and cantons in the following years. In 1983, two different national green party federations were created: in May, diverse local green groups came together in Fribourg to form the ''Federation of Green Parties of Switzerland'', and in June, some left-alternative groups formed the ''Green Alternative Party of Switzerland'' in Bern. In 1990, an attempt to combine these organisations fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
