Vallamand () was a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud in the district of Broye-Vully.
The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.
History
Vallamand is first mentioned in 1246 as Ualamant.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 11.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.0% is used for growing crops and 6.8% is pastures, while 6.4% is used for orchards or vine crops.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Grape Bunch Or leafed Vert, in Chief Argent a letter V Sable.
Demographics
Vallamand has a population () of 393. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 23.2%. It has changed at a rate of 23.2% due to migration and at a rate of 0.3% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (196 or 57.8%), with German being second most common (130 or 38.3%) and English being third (7 or 2.1%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.
, there were 119 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 178 married individuals, 16 widows or widowers and 26 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.5 which is fewer people per room than the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 71.4% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 144 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household.
there were 211 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 63. There were 2 single room apartments and 76 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 140 apartments (66.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 61 apartments (28.9%) were seasonally occupied and 10 apartments (4.7%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 32.17% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (27.07%), the LPS Party (15.88%) and the Green Party (8.64%). In the federal election, a total of 123 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 43.3%.
Economy
, Vallamand had an unemployment rate of 2.8%. , there were 26 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 13 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 24 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 10 businesses in this sector.
, there were 30 workers who commuted into the municipality and 128 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 67% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 18 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 16 students in those schools.
, there were 19 students in Vallamand who came from another municipality, while 43 residents attended schools outside the municipality.