Sullens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud.
History
Sullens is first mentioned in 1180 as Sollens.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 66.3% is used for growing crops and 4.3% is pastures.
The municipality is located on the road between Lausanne and Cossonay.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Bend Azure, overall a Cross bottony Gules.
Demographics
Sullens has a population () of . , 9.9% 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 1.6% due to migration and at a rate of 5.1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (709 or 87.2%), with German being second most common (61 or 7.5%) and Italian being third (10 or 1.2%).
, there were 314 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 428 married individuals, 29 widows or widowers and 42 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 309 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.
there were 315 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 110. There were 3 single room apartments and 132 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 300 apartments (95.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 12 apartments (3.8%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (1.0%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.77% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (21.93%), the SP (15.03%) and the Green Party (11.84%). In the federal election, a total of 312 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.8%.
Economy
, Sullens had an unemployment rate of 3.2%. , there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 14 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 6 businesses in this sector. 35 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 16 businesses in this sector.
, there were 36 workers who commuted into the municipality and 327 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 9.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 5.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 75.1% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 51 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 61 students in those schools.
, there were 32 students in Sullens who came from another municipality, while 93 residents attended schools outside the municipality.