Rovray is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Rovray is first mentioned around 1403–1409 as Roueraye.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.1% 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, 55.9% is used for growing crops and 16.6% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located above the shore of Lake Neuchatel. It consists of the villages of Rovray and Arrissoules.
Coat of arms
The municipal coat of arms was created on 1 January 2005 when Rovray and Arrissoules merged. It includes the Azure semee of Acorns Argent, a Buck salient Or from Rovray and the Paly of six Azure and Or, a linden tree proper overall from Arrissoules. The tunnel represents the Arrissoules motorway tunnel.
Demographics
Rovray has a population () of . , 5.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.4%. It has changed at a rate of 10.1% due to migration and at a rate of -5.4% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (86 or 98.9%) as their first language with the rest speaking English
, there were 34 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 45 married individuals, 1 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 51 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
, a total of 35 apartments (85.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 5 apartments (12.2%) 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 45.24% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (21.85%), the SP (11.84%) and the Green Party (7.7%). In the federal election, a total of 60 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 64.5%.
Economy
, Rovray had an unemployment rate of 1.2%. , there were 30 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the secondary sector or the tertiary sector.
, there were 31 workers who commuted away from the municipality. Of the working population, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.4% 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 were 6 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 7 students in those schools.
, there were 16 students from Rovray who attended schools outside the municipality.