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Forel-sur-Lucens is a former
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district Broye-Vully in the canton 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 ...
. In 2017 the former municipalities of Forel-sur-Lucens,
Brenles Brenles is a former municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens merged into the municipality of Lucen ...
,
Chesalles-sur-Moudon Chesalles-sur-Moudon is a former municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Brenles, Cremin, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens merged into the municipali ...
,
Cremin Cremin () is a former municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Cremin, Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens merged into the municipality of Luce ...
and
Sarzens Sarzens is a former municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Sarzens, Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Forel-sur-Lucens merged into the municipality of Lucens. H ...
merged into the municipality of
Lucens Lucens () is a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens merged into the municipality of Lucens. Hist ...
.


History

Forel-sur-Lucens is first mentioned about 1200 as ''Forest''.


Geography

Forel-sur-Lucens had an area, , of . Of this area, or 76.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.7% 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 2.5% 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, 57.2% is used for growing crops and 17.7% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. The former municipality was part of the
Moudon District Moudon was a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district was the town of Moudon. The district consisted of 32 municipalities and had an area of 119.61 km² with a population of 12273 inhabitants (End of 2003). Merge ...
until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Forel-sur-Lucens became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011
The former municipality is located on a high plateau above the
Broye The Broye (; frp, Brouye''Dictionnaire-Dikchenéro: Français-Patois/Patê-Franché''. Société cantonale des patoisans fribourgeois. Fribourg: 2013. p. 87 ) is a 68 km long river, in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, in Switzerland. It has ...
valley. It consists of the villages of Forel-Dessus and Forel-Dessous.


Coat of arms

The
blazon In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The vis ...
of the municipal
coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...
is ''Azure, a Paschal Lamb, its pennon Gules a cross Argent.''


Demographics

Forel-sur-Lucens had a population () of 152. , 5.7% 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 8.7%. It has changed at a rate of 11.4% due to migration and at a rate of -2% due to births and deaths.
accessed 10-May-2011
Most of the population () speaks
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
(128 or 93.4%), with
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...
being second most common (7 or 5.1%) and
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
being third (1 or 0.7%). Of the population in the municipality 60 or about 43.8% were born in Forel-sur-Lucens and lived there in 2000. There were 39 or 28.5% who were born in the same canton, while 27 or 19.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 8 or 5.8% were born outside of Switzerland. In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and there were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 3 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1 people. This represents a
population growth rate Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...
of -1.3%. The age distribution, , in Forel-sur-Lucens is; 20 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 20 teenagers or 12.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 24 people or 14.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 22 people or 13.6% are between 30 and 39, 22 people or 13.6% are between 40 and 49, and 17 people or 10.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 22 people or 13.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 9 people or 5.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 6 people or 3.7% who are between 80 and 89.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office
accessed 29 April 2011
, there were 54 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 76 married individuals, 7 widows or widowers and individuals who are divorced.STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 46 private households in the municipality, and an average of 3. persons per household. There were 6 households that consist of only one person and 10 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 46 households that answered this question, 13.0% 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 22 married couples without children, 16 married couples with children There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people. there were 15 single family homes (or 38.5% of the total) out of a total of 39 inhabited buildings. There were 3 multi-family buildings (7.7%), along with 19 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (48.7%) and 2 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.1%). Of the single family homes 6 were built before 1919, while 1 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (2) were built between 1919 and 1945 and the next most (1) were built before 1919.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen
accessed 28 January 2011
there were 49 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 12. There were single room apartments and 24 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 46 apartments (93.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while apartments (0.0%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (6.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1140 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:240 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:50 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:10 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1406 from:start till:48 bar:1406 at:58 fontsize:S text: " 12 Hearths" shift:(8,5) bar:1764 from:start till:188 text:"188" bar:1798 from:start till:192 text:"192" bar:1850 from:start till:233 text:"233" bar:1860 from:start till:239 text:"239" bar:1870 from:start till:223 text:"223" bar:1880 from:start till:187 text:"187" bar:1888 from:start till:199 text:"199" bar:1900 from:start till:195 text:"195" bar:1910 from:start till:192 text:"192" bar:1920 from:start till:186 text:"186" bar:1930 from:start till:185 text:"185" bar:1941 from:start till:165 text:"165" bar:1950 from:start till:163 text:"163" bar:1960 from:start till:143 text:"143" bar:1970 from:start till:122 text:"122" bar:1980 from:start till:119 text:"119" bar:1990 from:start till:131 text:"131" bar:2000 from:start till:137 text:"137"


Politics

In the
2007 federal election This electoral calendar 2007 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2007 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not i ...
the most popular party was the SVP which received 28.43% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20.92%), the
Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
(14.33%) and the Other (11.03%). In the federal election, a total of 77 votes were cast, and the
voter turnout In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Unive ...
was 69.4%.


Economy

, Forel-sur-Lucens had an unemployment rate of 2.7%. , there were 31 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. There were no people employed in the
secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...
or
tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...
. There were 72 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.7% of the workforce. the total number of
full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit that indicates the workload of an employee, employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts. FTE is often used to me ...
jobs was 24. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 24, all of which were in agriculture. , there were 33 workers who commuted away from the municipality.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb
accessed 24 June 2010
Of the working population, 2.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 45.8% used a private car.


Religion

From the , 6 or 4.4% were
Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
, while 115 or 83.9% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, and there were two individuals (or about 1.46% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were three (or about 2.19% of the population) who were
Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
ic. 11 people (or about 8.03% of the population) belonged to no church, or were
agnostic Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. (page 56 in 1967 edition) Another definition provided is the view that "human reason is incapable of providing sufficient ...
or
atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...
.


Education

In Forel-sur-Lucens about 39 or (28.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 25 or (18.2%) have completed additional higher education (either
university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
or a ''
Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...
''). Of the 25 who completed tertiary schooling, 80.0% were Swiss men, 20.0% were Swiss women. In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 22 students in the Forel-sur-Lucens 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 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's
primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
program requires students to attend for four years. There were 11 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 11 students in those schools.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition
accessed 2 May 2011
, there were 33 students from Forel-sur-Lucens who attended schools outside the municipality.


References

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