Ferreyres is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
History
Ferreyres is first mentioned in 814 as Forrarias. In 1011 it was mentioned as Ferrieris.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 38.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.8% is used for growing crops and 21.3% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located on the northern slope of the Venoge valley.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Horse-shoe Or.
Demographics
Ferreyres has a population () of . , 5.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 30.3%. It has changed at a rate of 20.2% due to migration and at a rate of 10.1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (199 or 89.6%), with German being second most common (12 or 5.4%) and Italian being third (5 or 2.3%).
, there were 87 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 116 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 11 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 85 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.
there were 91 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 27. There were 4 single room apartments and 33 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 82 apartments (90.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 7 apartments (7.7%) were seasonally occupied and 2 apartments (2.2%) were empty.
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Sights
The entire village of Ferreyres 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 23.95% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party (23.22%), the SP (21.23%) and the FDP (9.29%). In the federal election, a total of 87 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.8%.
Economy
, Ferreyres had an unemployment rate of 3.2%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 13 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 19 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 5 businesses in this sector.
, there were 14 workers who commuted into the municipality and 87 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 73.9% 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 20 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 21 students in those schools.
, there were 46 students from Ferreyres who attended schools outside the municipality.