Montagny-près-Yverdon is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Montagny-près-Yverdon is first mentioned around 995-96 as in villa Montaniaco. In 1397 it was mentioned as Montaigny-le-Courbe.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.0% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 56.5% is used for growing crops and 8.5% is pastures, while 4.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the village is flowing water.
The municipal area stretches from the hills around the village, over the Brinaz stream and to the banks of the Orbe.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Crayfish-claw Gules. The crayfish claw is the missing claw from the coat of arms of the municipality of Onnens and represents the division of the two municipalities.
Demographics
Montagny-près-Yverdon has a population () of . , 14.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 8.7%. It has changed at a rate of 6.6% due to migration and at a rate of 3.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (536 or 88.4%) as their first language, with German being second most common (21 or 3.5%) and Italian being third (17 or 2.8%).
, there were 258 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 287 married individuals, 31 widows or widowers and 30 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 241 private households in the village, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.
, a total of 229 apartments (93.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 15 apartments (6.1%) were seasonally occupied and 2 apartments (0.8%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.89% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23.04%), the Green Party (14.85%) and the FDP (9.92%). In the federal election, a total of 191 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.6%.
Economy
, Montagny-près-Yverdon had an unemployment rate of 3.4%. , there were 25 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 213 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 28 businesses in this sector. 920 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 90 businesses in this sector.
, there were 626 workers who commuted into the village and 239 workers who commuted away. The village is a net importer of workers, with about 2.6 workers entering the village for every one leaving. About 4.6% of the workforce coming into Montagny-près-Yverdon are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 14.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 60.2% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 43 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 34 students in those schools.
, there were 53 students in Montagny-près-Yverdon who came from another village, while 107 residents attended schools outside the village.