Monnaz was a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
The municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.
History
Monnaz is first mentioned in 1200 as Monna. In 1221 it was mentioned as Muna.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 13.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 65.8% is used for growing crops and 1.9% is pastures, while 5.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The former municipality is located on the left bank of the Morges river.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Saltire Or, two Grape bunches and as many Mullets of Five of the same.
Demographics
Monnaz has a population () of 396. , 15.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 43.5%. It has changed at a rate of 29% due to migration and at a rate of 14.9% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (244 or 87.5%), with German being second most common (21 or 7.5%) and Swedish being third (5 or 1.8%). There are 4 people who speak Italian.
, there were 109 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 144 married individuals, 12 widows or widowers and 14 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.51 which is fewer people per room than the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 59.8% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 111 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.
there were 116 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 38. There were 5 single room apartments and 54 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 107 apartments (92.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 8 apartments (6.9%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the Green Party which received 22.61% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (21.56%), the SP (19.92%) and the FDP (15.52%). In the federal election, a total of 136 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 57.6%.
Economy
, Monnaz had an unemployment rate of 3.8%. , there were 17 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 19 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector.
, there were 8 workers who commuted into the municipality and 110 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 13.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 11.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 68.8% 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 29 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 42 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there was one student in Monnaz who came from another municipality, while 40 residents attended schools outside the municipality.