Villars-sous-Champvent was 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 of Jura-Nord Vaudois of 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. 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 merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of

Champvent Champvent () is a 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 Champvent.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011

Geography

Villars-sous-Champvent had an area, , of . Of this area, or 84.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 8.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads).
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 7.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 70.3% is used for growing crops and 9.9% is pastures, while 4.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. The former 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 Villars-sous-Champvent became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011 Villars-sous-Champvent lies at an elevation of , west as the crow flies from

Yverdon-les-Bains Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Roman era) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. The population of Yverdon-les-Bains, , wa ...

. This farm village is nestled in the Bey valley. To the north are the hills that rise to the foot of the Jura Mountains. To the south lies the Mont de Chamblon (), the highest point in the municipality. The surrounding municipalities are Montagny-près-Yverdon, Chamblon, Suscévaz,

Champvent Champvent () is a 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 Champvent.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 ...

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Pally of Six Argent and Azure, overall a Harrow Gules.''

Demographics

Villars-sous-Champvent had a population () of 59. , about 1.9% 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 12.8%. It has changed at a rate of 4.3% due to migration and at a rate of 8.5% due to births and deaths.
accessed 23-August-2011 Most of the population () speaks French (44 or 97.8%) as their first language with the rest speaking

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The age distribution, , in Villars-sous-Champvent is; 6 children or 11.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 10 teenagers or 18.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 7 people or 13.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 10 people or 18.9% are between 30 and 39, 8 people or 15.1% are between 40 and 49, and 5 people or 9.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 4 people or 7.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 3 people or 5.7% are between 70 and 79, there are people or 0.0% who are between 80 and 89.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office
accessed 29 April 2011 , there were 16 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 26 married individuals, 2 widows or widowers and 1 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 0.52 which is fewer people per room than 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 61.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a

mortgage A mortgage loan or simply mortgage (), in civil law jurisdicions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or by existing property owners to raise funds for any ...

or a rent-to-own agreement). , there were 19 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 4 households that consist of only one person. Out of a total of 19 households that answered this question, 21.1% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 8 married couples without children, 7 married couples with children. there were 4 single family homes (or 30.8% of the total) out of a total of 13 inhabited buildings. There were 1 multi-family buildings (7.7%), along with 7 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (53.8%) and 1 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (7.7%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen
accessed 28 January 2011 , a total of 18 apartments (94.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartment was seasonally occupied. , the construction rate of new housing units was 18.9 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 4.76%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:960 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:68 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:20 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:4 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from:start till:56 text:"56" bar:1860 from:start till:47 text:"47" bar:1870 from:start till:49 text:"49" bar:1880 from:start till:57 text:"57" bar:1888 from:start till:68 text:"68" bar:1900 from:start till:56 text:"56" bar:1910 from:start till:50 text:"50" bar:1920 from:start till:52 text:"52" bar:1930 from:start till:45 text:"45" bar:1941 from:start till:63 text:"63" bar:1950 from:start till:62 text:"62" bar:1960 from:start till:49 text:"49" bar:1970 from:start till:40 text:"40" bar:1980 from:start till:37 text:"37" bar:1990 from:start till:37 text:"37" bar:2000 from:start till:45 text:"45"

Politics

In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.08% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20.18%), the

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(11.79%) and the SP (10.88%). In the federal election, a total of 25 votes were cast, and the

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was 64.1%.

Economy

, Villars-sous-Champvent had an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 16 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person was employed in the

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and there was 1 business in this sector. 2 people were employed in the

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, with 1 business in this sector. There were 23 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.5% of the workforce. the total number of

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jobs was 11. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 8, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1, in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2, both in the sale or repair of motor vehicles. , there were 17 workers who commuted away from the municipality.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 65.2% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 10 or 22.2% were

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, while 35 or 77.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Education

In Villars-sous-Champvent about 18 or (40.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 5 or (11.1%) have completed additional higher education (either

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or a '' Fachhochschule''). Of the 5 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 9 students in the Villars-sous-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

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program requires students to attend for four years. There were 5 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 4 students in those schools.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition
accessed 2 May 2011 , there were 7 students from Villars-sous-Champvent who attended schools outside the municipality.

References

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