Orny () is a municipality in the district of Morges of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Orny is first mentioned in 1011 as in Orne.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 14.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 66.2% is used for growing crops and 8.3% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located at the entrance of the Nozon valley into the Orbe plains. It consists of the village of Orny and the settlement of Entreroches.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, in Chief Gules two Mullets of Five Or, overall a Tower Or roofed and topped with a Cross.
Demographics
Orny has a population () of . , 14.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 20.4%. It has changed at a rate of 23% due to migration and at a rate of -3.6% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (301 or 90.1%), with German being second most common (13 or 3.9%) and Portuguese being third (11 or 3.3%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.
, there were 144 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 150 married individuals, 30 widows or widowers and 10 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 110 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.
there were 122 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 32. There were 9 single room apartments and 53 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 110 apartments (90.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 4 apartments (3.3%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (6.6%) were empty.
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Sights
The entire village of Orny is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 23.98% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (21.1%), the SP (13.62%) and the CVP (9.65%). In the federal election, a total of 89 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 38.2%.
Economy
, Orny had an unemployment rate of 5.4%. , there were 29 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 9 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 66 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.
, there were 52 workers who commuted into the municipality and 118 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 11.5% of the workforce coming into Orny are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 8.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.8% 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 36 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 23 students in those schools.
, there were 2 students in Orny who came from another municipality, while 53 residents attended schools outside the municipality.