Marchissy is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located in the district of Nyon.
History
Marchissy is first mentioned in 1235 as Marchisie.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 62.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.0% is used for growing crops and 5.3% is pastures and 11.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains on the road to Col du Marchairuz. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Marchissy.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, on a Bend sinister vert a Lime-tree/linden tree Flower Or.
Demographics
Marchissy has a population () of . , 14.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 24.4%. It has changed at a rate of 20.7% due to migration and at a rate of 4.9% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (310 or 89.1%), with German being second most common (14 or 4.0%) and English being third (8 or 2.3%). There are 3 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
, there were 144 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 170 married individuals, 19 widows or widowers and 15 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 139 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.
there were 157 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 34. There were 5 single room apartments and 59 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 136 apartments (86.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 9 apartments (5.7%) were seasonally occupied and 12 apartments (7.6%) were empty.
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Sights
The entire village of Marchissy 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 19.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (16.95%), the Green Party (14.81%) and the LPS Party (12.87%). In the federal election, a total of 110 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.2%.
Economy
, Marchissy had an unemployment rate of 3%. , there were 40 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 19 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 6 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 3 businesses in this sector.
, there were 11 workers who commuted into the municipality and 114 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 10.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 11.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 55.4% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 1,249 children of which 563 children (45.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 27 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 27 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there was one student in Marchissy who came from another municipality, while 41 residents attended schools outside the municipality.