Romairon is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The municipalities of Fontanezier, Romairon, Vaugondry and Villars-Burquin merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Tévenon.
History
Romairon is first mentioned in 1403 as Romeyron.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.6%. Out of the forested land, 50.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 4.3% is used for growing crops and 7.0% is pastures and 28.2% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality is located in mountains between Chasseron and Mont Aubert, on the border with the Val-de-Travers.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, on a Bend Vert a May-beetle proper bendwise.
Demographics
Romairon has a population () of 37. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -15.9%. It has changed at a rate of -9.1% due to migration and at a rate of -6.8% due to births and deaths.
All of the population () speaks French.
, there were 14 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 20 married individuals, 1 widows or widowers and 2 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 which is fewer people per room than the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 43.8% 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 16 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.
there were 19 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 6. There was 1 single room apartment and 7 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 16 apartments (84.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3 apartments (15.8%) were seasonally occupied.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 33.02% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (27.16%), the SVP (22.53%) and the Green Party (16.36%). In the federal election, a total of 18 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.3%.
Economy
, Romairon had an unemployment rate of 2.6%. , there were 8 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the secondary sector. 4 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.
, there were 6 workers who commuted away from the municipality. Of the working population, 0% used public transportation to get to work, and 37.5% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There was 1 student in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were no students in those schools. There was also 1 student who was home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 8 students from Romairon who attended schools outside the municipality.