Mex is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud.
History
Mex is first mentioned in 1154 as Mais.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 27.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 44.9% is used for growing crops and 7.4% is pastures, while 3.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.
It consists of the village of Mex as well as the Les Esserts housing development (which is separated from the village by the A1 motorway).
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Chevron Gules.
Demographics
Mex has a population () of . , 21.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 29.2%. It has changed at a rate of 20.2% due to migration and at a rate of 9.1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (481 or 87.9%), with German being second most common (30 or 5.5%) and Italian being third (11 or 2.0%).
, there were 218 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 284 married individuals, 9 widows or widowers and 36 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 240 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household.
there were 240 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 72. There were 10 single room apartments and 96 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 207 apartments (86.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 30 apartments (12.5%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (1.3%) were empty.
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Heritage sites of national significance
The D'En-Bas Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire village of Mex is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.96% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (16.81%), the SP (11.58%) and the LPS Party (10.31%). In the federal election, a total of 195 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.6%.
Economy
, Mex had an unemployment rate of 3%. , there were 9 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 1,393 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 5 businesses in this sector. 43 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 10 businesses in this sector.
, there were 745 workers who commuted into the municipality and 262 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.8 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. Of the working population, 7.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 79.3% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 29 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 29 students in those schools.
, there were 3 students in Mex who came from another municipality, while 80 residents attended schools outside the municipality.