Ouest Lausannois District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

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 ...

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 seat of the district is

Renens Renens ( ) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located in the district of Ouest Lausannois, and is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton. It is considered a very multiethnic town, a ...

Geography

Ouest Lausannois has an area, , of . Of this area, or 24.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 61.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.6% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010.

Demographics

Ouest Lausannois has a population () of . In there were 397 live births to Swiss citizens and 430 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 362 deaths of Swiss citizens and 75 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 35 while the foreign population increased by 355. There were 19 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 861 non-Swiss men and 806 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 765 and the non-Swiss population increased by 876 people. This represents a

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of 2.6%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008
accessed 19 June 2010. The age distribution, , in Ouest Lausannois is; 7,417 children or 11.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 7,415 teenagers or 11.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 9,859 people or 14.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 10,461 people or 15.7% are between 30 and 39, 10,192 people or 15.3% are between 40 and 49, and 7,999 people or 12.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 6,589 people or 9.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 4,015 people or 6.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 2,165 people or 3.3% who are 80 and 89, and there are 387 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office
accessed 29 April 2011.

Mergers and name changes

On 1 September 2006 the former Lausanne district (District de Lausanne) and Morges district (District de Morges) were dissolved and portions of the old districts were merged into the new Ouest lausannois district. * The municipalities of Crissier, Prilly and Renens (VD) came from the Lausanne district (District de Lausanne). * The municipalities of Bussigny-près-Lausanne, Chavannes-près-Renens, Écublens (VD), Saint-Sulpice (VD) and Villars-Sainte-Croix came from the Morges district (District de Morges).
accessed 4 April 2011.

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.07% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (22.79%), the

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(13.64%) and the FDP (13.31%). In the federal election, a total of 12,329 votes were cast, and the

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was 41.5%.

Education

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 7,940 students in the local and district school systems. 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 district provided pre-school care for a total of 803 children. There were 502 (62.5%) children who received subsidized pre-school care. There were 4,339 students in the primary school program, which last four years. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 3,341 students in those schools. There were also 260 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition
accessed 2 May 2011.

Municipalities

The following

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are located within the district:

References

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