Valeyres-sous-Montagny is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Valeyres-sous-Montagny is first mentioned around 1139-48 as Valeriis.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.2% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 46.1% is used for growing crops and 11.8% is pastures, while 2.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located on the left bank of the Brine river, north-west of Yverdon-les-Bains.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Bend wavy Argent, in chief a Hand Or, in base a Trefoil of the same.
Demographics
Valeyres-sous-Montagny has a population () of . , 15.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 25%. It has changed at a rate of 21.7% due to migration and at a rate of 2.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (501 or 93.8%) as their first language, with German being second most common (14 or 2.6%) and Italian being third (12 or 2.2%).
, there were 202 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 274 married individuals, 24 widows or widowers and 34 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 214 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
, a total of 191 apartments (95.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 9 apartments (4.5%) were seasonally occupied.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 27.48% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (17.82%), the Green Party (15.88%) and the FDP (12.93%). In the federal election, a total of 165 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 40.1%.
Notable people
- Léna Bühler (born 1997), racing driver
Economy
, Valeyres-sous-Montagny had an unemployment rate of 4.7%. , there were 19 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 42 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 6 businesses in this sector. 30 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector.
, there were 60 workers who commuted into the municipality and 227 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 6.7% of the workforce coming into Valeyres-sous-Montagny are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 12.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 70.6% 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 46 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 35 students in those schools. There were also 4 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 49 students in Valeyres-sous-Montagny who came from another municipality, while 79 residents attended schools outside the municipality.