Mauraz is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
History
Mauraz is first mentioned in 1324 as Moraz. In 1547 it was mentioned as Moura.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 48.0% is used for growing crops and 26.0% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located at the confluence of the Veyron and the Morand rivers.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Wall embattled Argent masoned Sable.
Demographics
Mauraz has a population () of . , 9.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 31%. It has changed at a rate of 19% due to migration and at a rate of 14.3% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (46 or 95.8%), with German being second most common (1 or 2.1%) and Italian being third (1 or 2.1%).
, there were 21 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 20 married individuals, 3 widows or widowers and 4 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 20 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
there were 20 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 6. There were single-room apartments and 6 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 18 apartments (90.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2 apartments (10.0%) were seasonally occupied.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 23.38% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party (16.9%), the SP (16.34%) and the LPS Party (12.39%). In the federal election, a total of 20 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.3%.
Economy
, Mauraz had an unemployment rate of 4%. , there were 11 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person was employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 3 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector.
, there were 15 workers who commuted away from the municipality. Of the working population, 4% used public transportation to get to work, and 56% 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 2 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 3 students in those schools.
, there were 5 students from Mauraz who attended schools outside the municipality.