Croy is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Croy is first mentioned in 1498 as Croy.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 46.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.8% is used for growing crops and 14.3% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located on a plateau above the Nozon valley.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, a Saltire counterchanged.
Demographics
thumb|Aerial view of the Croy-Romainmôtier train station and sawmill
Croy has a population () of . , 9.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 16.4%. It has changed at a rate of 15.6% due to migration and at a rate of 1.1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (252 or 94.4%), with Portuguese being second most common (5 or 1.9%) and Italian being third (4 or 1.5%). There are 3 people who speak German and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
, there were 102 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 130 married individuals, 25 widows or widowers and 10 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 117 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household.
, a total of 108 apartments (83.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 19 apartments (14.6%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.3%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 23.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (21.41%), the Green Party (16.65%) and the FDP (9.03%). In the federal election, a total of 107 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.6%.
Economy
, Croy had an unemployment rate of 1.5%. , there were 6 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 23 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 6 businesses in this sector. 10 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 6 businesses in this sector.
, there were 28 workers who commuted into the municipality and 98 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 18.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.4% 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 29 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 13 students in those schools. There were also 3 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 16 students in Croy who came from another municipality, while 42 residents attended schools outside the municipality.