Suchy is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Suchy is first mentioned in 885 as Solpiaco id est Suzchie.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 50.0% is used for growing crops and 8.7% is pastures.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Azure, two Keys in saltire counterchanged.
Demographics
Suchy has a population () of . , 10.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 25.1%. It has changed at a rate of 18.6% due to migration and at a rate of 6% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (316 or 91.6%) as their first language, with German being second most common (19 or 5.5%) and Portuguese being third (6 or 1.7%).
, there were 140 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 176 married individuals, 18 widows or widowers and 11 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 125 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.
, a total of 117 apartments (85.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 17 apartments (12.4%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.2%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.48% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (20.62%), the FDP (14.29%) and the LPS Party (10.83%). In the federal election, a total of 110 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 42.1%.
Economy
, Suchy had an unemployment rate of 3.2%. , there were 31 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 29 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 18 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 12 businesses in this sector.
, there were 12 workers who commuted into the municipality and 120 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 10.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 5.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.3% 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 39 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 28 students in those schools.
, there were 2 students in Suchy who came from another municipality, while 63 residents attended schools outside the municipality.