Pompaples is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
History
Pompaples is first mentioned in 1049 as Pons Papuli.
Of the built-up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6%, and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Of the forested land, 14.2% of the total land area is heavily forested, and 4.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 57.5% is used for growing crops, 11.5% is pasture, and 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Vert and Gules, overall a tongs and hammer in saltire Or.
Population
Pompaples has a population () of . , 21.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 11.3%. It has changed at a rate of 17.2% due to migration and at a rate of -4.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (685 or 90.0%), with Portuguese being second most common (19 or 2.5%) and German being third (18 or 2.4%). There are 4 people who speak Italian.
, there were 404 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 284 married individuals, 32 widows or widowers and 41 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 248 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
there were 281 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 71. There were 44 single room apartments and 69 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 237 apartments (84.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 27 apartments (9.6%) were seasonally occupied and 17 apartments (6.0%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 27.72% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (21.31%), the Green Party (12.3%) and the FDP (9.08%). In the federal election, a total of 179 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 37.8%.
Economy
, Pompaples had an unemployment rate of 3.9%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 25 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 560 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 21 businesses in this sector.
, there were 520 workers who commuted into the municipality and 238 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 10.0% of the workforce coming into Pompaples are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 6.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.8% 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 53 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 45 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 43 students in Pompaples who came from another municipality, while 76 residents attended schools outside the municipality.