Moiry () is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
History
Moiry is first mentioned in 1011 as in villa Moriei. In 1219 it was mentioned as Moirie.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 54.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.8% is used for growing crops and 14.2% is pastures.
The municipality is located on the right bank of the Venoge river.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Heart Gules, in Chief Gules three Mullets of Five Or.
Demographics
Moiry has a population () of . , 10.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 34.8%. It has changed at a rate of 36.9% due to migration and at a rate of -2% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (191 or 94.6%), with German being second most common (5 or 2.5%) and Italian being third (2 or 1.0%). There is 1 person who speaks Romansh.
, there were 83 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 98 married individuals, 11 widows or widowers and 10 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 80 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.
there were 99 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 29. There were 4 single room apartments and 29 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 76 apartments (76.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 17 apartments (17.2%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (6.1%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 28.37% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party (17.36%), the SVP (15.13%) and the FDP (12.89%). In the federal election, a total of 98 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.8%.
Economy
, Moiry had an unemployment rate of 5.4%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 15 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 8 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 3 businesses in this sector.
, there were 8 workers who commuted into the municipality and 73 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 9.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 15.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 50.5% 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 22 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 also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 39 students in Moiry who came from another municipality, while 35 residents attended schools outside the municipality.