Bougy-Villars is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
History
Bougy-Villars is first mentioned in 996 as in villa Balgedelco. Starting in 1285 and until the end of the 19th century, it was known as Bougy-Milon. Thereafter, it was known as Bougy until 1953, when it became Bougy-Villars.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.1%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 23.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 9.0% is used for growing crops and 5.6% is pastures, while 23.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in Côte wine growing region. The village is situated between Rolle and Signal-de-Bougy.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a bend bendy sinister of eight Argent and Vert.
Demographics
Bougy-Villars has a population () of . , 25.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ), the population has changed at a rate of 25%. It has changed at a rate of 17.9% due to migration and at a rate of 6.3% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population (), speaks French (315 or 85.1%), with German being second most common (30 or 8.1%), and Portuguese being third (10 or 2.7%). There are two people who speak Italian.
, there were 132 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 200 married individuals, 21 widows or widowers and 17 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 152 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
, there were 188 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was four rooms of which there were 36. There were 11 single room apartments and 98 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 144 apartments (76.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 31 apartments (16.5%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (6.9%) were empty.
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Sights
The entire village of Bougy-Villars is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election, the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.02% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (21.63%), the SP (14.33%) and the Green Party (10.52%). In the federal election, a total of 127 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.2%.
Economy
, Bougy-Villars had an unemployment rate of 4.8%. , there were 54 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 19 people were employed in the secondary sector and there was one business in this sector. 95 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector.
, there were 53 workers who commuted into the municipality and 128 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 9.4% of the workforce coming into Bougy-Villars are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 7.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.9% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 16 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 24 students in those schools.
, there were five students in Bougy-Villars who came from another municipality, while 60 residents attended schools outside the municipality.