Faoug () is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Faoug is first mentioned in 1228 as Fol.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.3%. Out of the forested land, 23.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 48.7% is used for growing crops and 5.2% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located on the southern shore of Lake Murten along the border with the Canton of Fribourg.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale, 1. Azure, on a mount Vert a Peacock Azure with Tail proper, 2. Gules, a bush eradicated Vert flowered Argent.
Demographics
Faoug has a population () of . , 15.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 28.5%. It has changed at a rate of 22.3% due to migration and at a rate of 5.6% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (317 or 56.7%), with German being second most common (191 or 34.2%) and Portuguese being third (18 or 3.2%). There are 9 people who speak Italian.
, there were 241 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 265 married individuals, 23 widows or widowers and 30 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 225 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
there were 329 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 101. There were 11 single room apartments and 94 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 225 apartments (68.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 77 apartments (23.4%) were seasonally occupied and 27 apartments (8.2%) were empty.
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Heritage sites of national significance
The Domaine Cornaz et ses dépendances is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 23.94% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (19.73%), the Green Party (15.03%) and the FDP (14.64%). In the federal election, a total of 164 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 36.9%.
Economy
, Faoug had an unemployment rate of 3.3%. , there were 25 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 27 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 9 businesses in this sector. 54 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 16 businesses in this sector.
, there were 42 workers who commuted into the municipality and 218 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 5.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 11.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.8% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 53 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 32 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 26 students in Faoug who came from another municipality, while 70 residents attended schools outside the municipality.