L'Isle is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Western Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
History
L'Isle is first mentioned in 1216 as Chablie. In 1299 it was mentioned as Insula de Chablie and in 1324 as Lylaz.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 43.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.3% is used for growing crops and 10.5% is pastures and 6.8% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains at the sources and along the Venoge river. It consists of the village of L'Isle and the hamlets of Villars-Bozon, La Coudre, Les Mousses. The village of L'Isle is divided into four sections; la Ville, le Château, Chaby or Chabiez on the left side of the river and l'Avalanche on the right side.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Azure, bordered Or.
Demographics
L'Isle has a population () of . , 11.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 12%. It has changed at a rate of 9.8% due to migration and at a rate of 0.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (807 or 94.1%), with German being second most common (23 or 2.7%) and Portuguese being third (11 or 1.3%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
, there were 342 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 407 married individuals, 53 widows or widowers and 56 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 359 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.
there were 409 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 106. There were 8 single room apartments and 134 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 337 apartments (82.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 61 apartments (14.9%) were seasonally occupied and 11 apartments (2.7%) were empty.
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Heritage sites of national significance
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L'Isle Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire L'Isle area is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
The Venoge river passes through L'Isle, and feeds the Pond in front of the Manor, built by Charles de Chandieu between 1694 and 1696.
The Manor is now seat to the city hall and to 4 classrooms for the years 7 HarmoS (two classes) and 8 HarmoS (two classes).
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.42% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (18.66%), the Green Party (16.94%) and the SP (16.92%). In the federal election, a total of 242 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 36.6%.
Economy
, L'Isle had an unemployment rate of 3.8%. , there were 68 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 25 businesses involved in this sector. 88 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 19 businesses in this sector. 178 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 36 businesses in this sector.
, there were 165 workers who commuted into the municipality and 284 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 11.5% of the workforce coming into L'Isle are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 9.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.3% 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 50 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 58 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 84 students in L'Isle who came from another municipality, while 114 residents attended schools outside the municipality.