Oleyres is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud in the district of Broye-Vully.
On 1 July 2011 it was merged into the municipality of Avenches.
History
Oleyres is first mentioned around 1101-50 as de Holeriis. Between 1151 and 1200 it was mentioned as de Oleres.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 19.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 44.8% is used for growing crops and 23.4% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located on a hill that rises above the Broye valley south-east of Avenches. It consists of the linear village of Oleyres.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, overall a Crossbow bendwise Or.
Demographics
Oleyres has a population (as of 2000) of 235. , 9.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -5.6%. It has changed at a rate of -6.9% due to migration and at a rate of 0.9% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (176 or 78.9%), with German being second most common (34 or 15.2%) and English being third (6 or 2.7%).
, there were 105 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 103 married individuals, 10 widows or widowers and 5 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 71.4% 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 78 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household.
there were 88 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 25. There were 1 single room apartments and 43 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 77 apartments (87.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 8 apartments (9.1%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (3.4%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.49% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (19.87%), the FDP (18.75%) and the Green Party (8.07%). In the federal election, a total of 75 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.0%.
Economy
, Oleyres had an unemployment rate of 1.1%. , there were 29 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 31 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 8 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 4 businesses in this sector.
, there were 24 workers who commuted into the municipality and 64 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 2% used public transportation to get to work, and 65% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 8 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 16 students in those schools.
, there were 11 students in Oleyres who came from another municipality, while 53 residents attended schools outside the municipality.