Bonvillars is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Jura-Nord Vaudois 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.
History
Bonvillars is first mentioned in 1100 AD as ''Binvilar''.
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Local Savoyard Knight Sir John de Bonvillars (Sir Jean de Bevillard in French) was brother in law to nearby ]Otton de Grandson
Otto de Grandson (c. 1238–1328), sometimes numbered Otto I to distinguish him from later members of his family with the same name, was the most prominent of the Savoyard knights in the service of King Edward I of England, to whom he was the cl ...
of Grandson Castle
Grandson Castle (french: Château de Grandson ) is a medieval castle in the Swiss municipality of Grandson in the canton of Vaud. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
History
The Lords of Grandson were first mentioned in th ...
. Sir John was a household knight in the service of King Edward I
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassal ...
of England. Bonvillars held the post of Deputy Justicier of Wales prior to being First Constable of Harlech Castle
Harlech Castle ( cy, Castell Harlech; ) in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the Irish Sea. It was built by Edward I during his invasion of Wales between 1282 and 1289 at t ...
from 1285 to his death by drowning (probably during siege of Dryslwyn in South Wales) between July and November 1287. Married to Agnes de Bevillard (likely sister of Otto de Grandson).
Geography
Bonvillars has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.4% 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, housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, 41.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.7% is used for growing crops and 13.5% is pastures, while 6.0% is used for orchards or vine crops and 5.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[
The municipality was part of the ]Grandson District Grandson was a district of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The seat of the district was the town of Grandson.
On 1 September 2006 the district was dissolved and all the municipalities joined the new Jura-North Vaudois District (french: Distric ...
until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bonvillars 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
The Jura Mountains ( , , , ; french: Massif du Jura; german: Juragebirge; it, Massiccio del Giura, rm, Montagnas da Jura) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the Frenc ...
and stretches from Lake Neuchatel
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...
to Mont Aubert. It consists of the village of Bonvillars and the settlements of La Coudre and Les Vullierens.
Coat of arms
The blazon
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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 ''Argent, a saltire Azure, on a chief of the first three mullets of five of the second.''
Demographics
Bonvillars has a population () of . , 8.5% 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 29.3%. It has changed at a rate of 28.2% due to migration and at a rate of 1.4% due to births and deaths.
accessed 3 June 2011[
Of the population in the municipality 107 or about 31.1% were born in Bonvillars and lived there in 2000. There were 132 or 38.4% who were born in the same canton, while 61 or 17.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 38 or 11.0% were born outside of Switzerland.][
In there were 5 live births to Swiss citizens and 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland and 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 3 non-Swiss men and 3 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 a decrease of 3 and the non-Swiss population increased by 4 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 0.2%.[
The age distribution, , in Bonvillars is; 48 children or 10.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 74 teenagers or 16.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 46 people or 10.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 67 people or 14.8% are between 30 and 39, 67 people or 14.8% are between 40 and 49, and 56 people or 12.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 43 people or 9.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 33 people or 7.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 16 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.7% who are 90 and older.][Canton of Vaud Statistical Office]
accessed 29 April 2011
, there were 129 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 168 married individuals, 26 widows or widowers and 21 individuals who are divorced.[STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 – 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 137 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.[ There were 36 households that consist of only one person and 10 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 138 households that answered this question, 26.1% 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 40 married couples without children, 50 married couples with children There were 7 single parents with a child or children. There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.][
there were 65 single family homes (or 54.6% of the total) out of a total of 119 inhabited buildings. There were 18 multi-family buildings (15.1%), along with 32 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (26.9%) and 4 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.4%). Of the single family homes 33 were built before 1919, while 3 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (14) were built before 1919 and the next most (2) were built between 1919 and 1945.][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB – Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 – Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011
there were 167 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was four rooms of which there were 55. There were five single room apartments and 45 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 126 apartments (75.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 26 apartments (15.6%) were seasonally occupied and 15 apartments (9.0%) were empty.[ , the construction rate of new housing units was 37.4 new units per 1000 residents.][ The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.][
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
Sights
The entire village of Bonvillars is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.
Sites of national importance
Types
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 27.83% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (22.05%), the FDP (17.34%) and the Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
(12.95%). In the federal election, a total of 142 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
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was 43.6%.
Economy
, Bonvillars had an unemployment rate of 3.1%. , there were 42 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 49 people were 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 constructi ...
and there were 6 businesses in this sector. 22 people were employed in the 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 ...
, with 12 businesses in this sector.[ There were 165 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.4% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 88. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 26, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 44 of which 13 or (29.5%) were in manufacturing and 31 (70.5%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 18. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 11.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 22.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 16.7% were in education and 2 or 11.1% were in health care.
, there were 50 workers who commuted into the municipality and 109 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 6.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 64.8% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 62 or 18.0% were Roman Catholic
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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, while 234 or 68.0% 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, there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 34 (or about 9.88% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist
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, and 12 individuals (or about 3.49% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Bonvillars about 131 or (38.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 43 or (12.5%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 43 who completed tertiary schooling, 72.1% were Swiss men, 25.6% were Swiss women.[
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 66 students in the Bonvillars 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 program requires students to attend for four years. There were 25 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 41 students in those schools.[Canton of Vaud Statistical Office – Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition]
accessed 2 May 2011
, there were 58 students in Bonvillars who came from another municipality, while 59 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[
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References
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