Épendes is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Épendes is first mentioned in 1154 as Spinles. In 1174 it was mentioned as Espinnes.
Geography
Épendes has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.1% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 66.0% is used for growing crops and 7.5% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Barrulett Or, overall a Reed Vert fructed Sable between two Frogs Vert in base.
Demographics
Épendes has a population () of . , 11.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 8.2%. It has changed at a rate of -3.1% due to migration and at a rate of 11.3% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (288 or 90.0%) as their first language, with Portuguese being second most common (10 or 3.1%) and German being third (9 or 2.8%).
, there were 139 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 145 married individuals, 14 widows or widowers and 22 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 132 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
, a total of 130 apartments (86.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 15 apartments (9.9%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (4.0%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.34% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (19.58%), the FDP (18.63%) and the Green Party (11.93%). In the federal election, a total of 106 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.9%.
Economy
, Épendes had an unemployment rate of 2.1%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 15 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 12 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.
, there were 15 workers who commuted into the municipality and 136 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 9.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 9.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.1% used a private car. 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 19 students in those schools.
, there were 13 students in Épendes who came from another municipality, while 44 residents attended schools outside the municipality.