Buchillon is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
History
Buchillon is first mentioned in 1228 as Chanliva. In 1339 it was mentioned as Buschillion.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 20.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 28.6% is used for growing crops and 6.1% is pastures, while 7.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located along Lake Geneva. It consists of the village of Buchillon and settlement of Chanivaz in the Aubonne river delta.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, between two crossed oars Or a barrel of the same.
Demographics
Buchillon has a population () of . , 21.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -5.7%. It has changed at a rate of -8.5% due to migration and at a rate of 3.2% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (495 or 82.0%), with German being second most common (45 or 7.5%) and English being third (20 or 3.3%). There are 14 people who speak Italian.
, there were 226 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 328 married individuals, 27 widows or widowers and 23 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 245 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
there were 259 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 56. There were 6 single-room apartments and 132 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 227 apartments (87.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 26 apartments (10.0%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (2.3%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the LPS Party which received 28.08% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (16.45%), the FDP (13.92%) and the Green Party (12.04%). In the federal election, a total of 221 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 58.5%.
Economy
, Buchillon had an unemployment rate of 2.3%. , there were 13 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 2 people were employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 48 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 18 businesses in this sector.
, there were 38 workers who commuted into the municipality and 230 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 11% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.3% 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 33 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 26 students in those schools.
, there were 87 students in Buchillon who came from another municipality, while 85 residents attended schools outside the municipality.