Pizy is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located in the district of Morges. On July 1, 2011 it was merged into Aubonne.
History
Pizy is first mentioned in 1188 as Pisis.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, 24.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 55.0% is used for growing crops and 10.4% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality consists of scattered houses between Aubonne and Gimel.
The municipality of Pizy was merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Aubonne.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, on two Hills as many Columns Argent, three Escallops palewise Or.
Demographics
Pizy has a population (as of 2003) of 78. , 9.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.8%. It has changed at a rate of -2.7% due to migration and at a rate of 13.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (57 or 87.7%), with German being second most common (6 or 9.2%) and Italian being third (1 or 1.5%).
, there were 24 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 37 married individuals, 1 widow or widower and 3 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.46 which is fewer people per room than the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 47.8% 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 29 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household.
there were 27 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 10. There were 1 single room apartments and 8 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 23 apartments (85.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3 apartments (11.1%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 56.33% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party (15.14%), the SP (12.9%) and the FDP (6.7%). In the federal election, a total of 23 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.9%.
Economy
, Pizy had an unemployment rate of 0.8%. , there were 9 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 3 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 2 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.
, there were 8 workers who commuted into the municipality and 21 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 2.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 52.6% 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 5 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 4 students in those schools.
, there were 9 students from Pizy who attended schools outside the municipality.