Denges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
History
Denges is first mentioned around 1107-11 as apud Dangias. In 1164 it was mentioned as Denges.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 13.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 22.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 30.7% is used for growing crops, while 18.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located on the right bank of the Venoge river.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Argent and Gules, an arched Bridge Sable lined of the first overall.
Demographics
Denges has a population () of . , 27.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 44.8%. It has changed at a rate of 37.7% due to migration and at a rate of 8.2% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (936 or 84.4%), with Portuguese being second most common (59 or 5.3%) and German being third (31 or 2.8%). There are 30 people who speak Italian.
, there were 475 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 531 married individuals, 27 widows or widowers and 76 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 456 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
there were 512 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 152. There were 30 single room apartments and 91 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 433 apartments (84.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 52 apartments (10.2%) were seasonally occupied and 27 apartments (5.3%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 26.99% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (19.6%), the Green Party (15.79%) and the FDP (12.35%). In the federal election, a total of 395 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.6%.
Economy
, Denges had an unemployment rate of 5.5%. , there were 40 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 241 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 19 businesses in this sector. 339 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 53 businesses in this sector.
, there were 561 workers who commuted into the municipality and 486 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. Of the working population, 12.4% 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 139 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 92 students in those schools. There were also 5 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 58 students in Denges who came from another municipality, while 107 residents attended schools outside the municipality.