Senarclens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
History
Senarclens is first mentioned in 1011 as Senerclens.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 78.3% is used for growing crops and 6.3% is pastures, while 2.3% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Morges district, and consists of the village of Senarclens and the hamlets of Bez and Soveillame.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, on a Bend Azure, an Escallop bendwise, a Mullet of Six pierced and a Crescent bendwise all Argent.
Demographics
Senarclens has a population () of . , 8.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.4%. It has changed at a rate of 19.1% due to migration and at a rate of -13% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (321 or 92.0%), with German being second most common (15 or 4.3%) and Portuguese being third (5 or 1.4%). There are 2 people who speak Italian.
, there were 150 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 162 married individuals, 27 widows or widowers and 10 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 124 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.
there were 126 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 26. There were 4 single room apartments and 52 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 121 apartments (96.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2 apartments (1.6%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.4%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.96% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (21.55%), the Green Party (12.78%) and the SP (12.56%). In the federal election, a total of 136 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 57.4%.
Economy
, Senarclens had an unemployment rate of 2.8%. , there were 38 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people were employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 88 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.
, there were 51 workers who commuted into the municipality and 119 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 5.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 65.3% 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 30 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 19 students in those schools.
, there was one student in Senarclens who came from another municipality, while 61 residents attended schools outside the municipality.