Champvent () is a
municipality
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in the district of
Jura-Nord Vaudois of the
canton
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Arts and ent ...
of
Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...
in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. The municipalities of
Essert-sous-Champvent
Essert-sous-Champvent is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Essert-sous-Champvent and Villars-sous-Champvent merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of ...
and
Villars-sous-Champvent
Villars-sous-Champvent was a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Essert-sous-Champvent and Villars-sous-Champvent merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality o ...
merged on 1 January 2012 into Champvent.
[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011
History
Champvent is first mentioned in 1011 as ''Canvent''. In 1013 it was mentioned as ''Canventum'' and in 1228 as ''Chanvent''.
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Geography
Champvent has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010[
The municipality was part of the ]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 ...
until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Champvent became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains
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. It consists of the village of Champvent, the hamlet
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of Saint-Christophe and the enclave
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of Mornens.
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Paly Argent and Azure with Fess enhanced in Gules surmounting.''
Demographics
Champvent has a population () of . , 12.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008]
accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 20.2%. It has changed at a rate of 12.8% due to migration and at a rate of 7.7% due to births and deaths.
accessed 19-August-2011French
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(281 or 94.0%) as their first language, with German
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being second most common (9 or 3.0%) and Spanish
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being third (4 or 1.3%).[
The age distribution, , in Champvent is; 56 children or 15.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 46 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 39 people or 10.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 53 people or 14.8% are between 30 and 39, 47 people or 13.2% are between 40 and 49, and 45 people or 12.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 39 people or 10.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 15 people or 4.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 16 people or 4.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.][Canton of Vaud Statistical Office]
accessed 29 April 2011
, there were 124 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 155 married individuals, 15 widows or widowers and 5 individuals who are divorced.[STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
the average number of residents per living room was 0.6 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room.[ In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 49.5% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a ]mortgage
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or a rent-to-own
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agreement).
, there were 113 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.[ There were 26 households that consist of only one person and 10 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 115 households that answered this question, 22.6% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 33 married couples without children, 47 married couples with children There were 4 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.][
there were 43 single family homes (or 51.8% of the total) out of a total of 83 inhabited buildings. There were 12 multi-family buildings (14.5%), along with 24 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (28.9%) and 4 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.8%).][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011
, a total of 109 apartments (89.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 10 apartments (8.2%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.5%) were empty.[ , the construction rate of new housing units was 16.8 new units per 1000 residents.][ The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.42%.][
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
Heritage sites of national significance
Champvent Castle
Champvent Castle is a castle in the municipality of Champvent of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
See also
* List of castles in Switzerland
* Château
A château (; plural: château ...
and the Manoir de Saint-Christophe are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The Champvent village and surrounding region as well as the area around Saint-Christophe are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.68% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (15.02%), the Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
(10.41%) and the FDP (10.32%). In the federal election, a total of 122 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
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was 52.8%.
Economy
, Champvent had an unemployment rate of 2.5%. , there were 33 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 20 people were employed in the secondary sector
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and there were 6 businesses in this sector. 32 people were employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 8 businesses in this sector.[ There were 167 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.3% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 68. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 24, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 18 of which 13 or (72.2%) were in manufacturing and 5 (27.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 26. In the tertiary sector; 3 or 11.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 15.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 14 or 53.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 15.4% were in education.
, there were 25 workers who commuted into the municipality and 112 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 6.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 62.3% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 36 or 12.0% were Roman Catholic
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, while 234 or 78.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
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. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.67% of the population). There was 1 individual who was Jewish
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, and there was 1 individual who was Islam
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ic. 23 (or about 7.69% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 2 individuals (or about 0.67% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Champvent about 131 or (43.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 36 or (12.0%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 36 who completed tertiary schooling, 72.2% were Swiss men, 27.8% were Swiss women.[
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 60 students in the Champvent school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010]
accessed 2 May 2011 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
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program requires students to attend for four years. There were 32 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 28 students in those schools.[Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition]
accessed 2 May 2011
, there were 49 students in Champvent who came from another municipality, while 26 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[
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References
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Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Vaud