Pailly () is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Pailly is first mentioned in 1154 as Parli.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 62.0% is used for growing crops and 11.4% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality is located on the left bank of the Sauteruz river, across from the Échallens–Yverdon-les-Bains road. It consists of the village of Pailly and the hamlets of Le Remble and Moulin Pacot.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, overall on a Bend Gules three Saltires couped Or.
Demographics
Pailly has a population () of . , 8.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 15.3%. It has changed at a rate of 15.3% due to migration and at a rate of 1.6% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (351 or 90.2%), with Portuguese being second most common (20 or 5.1%) and German being third (11 or 2.8%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.
, there were 158 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 210 married individuals, 14 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 153 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.
there were 170 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 40. There were 11 single room apartments and 67 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 149 apartments (87.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 8 apartments (4.7%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (7.6%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.64% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (17.6%), the Green Party (12.85%) and the SP (12.44%). In the federal election, a total of 137 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.1%.
Economy
, Pailly had an unemployment rate of 2.8%. , there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 15 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 44 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector.
, there were 32 workers who commuted into the municipality and 137 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 8.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.2% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 39 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 30 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 127 students in Pailly who came from another municipality, while 54 residents attended schools outside the municipality.