Vaugondry is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The municipalities of Fontanezier, Romairon, Vaugondry and Villars-Burquin merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Tévenon.
Geography
Vaugondry has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.4% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.0%. Out of the forested land, 40.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.3% is used for growing crops and 35.7% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gyrrony Or and Azure, overall a Cat effarouched statant proper.
Demographics
Vaugondry has a population () of 36. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 9.1%. It has changed at a rate of -12.1% due to migration and at a rate of 21.2% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (32 or 84.2%), with Portuguese being second most common (3 or 7.9%) and German being third (2 or 5.3%).
, there were 17 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 17 married individuals, 3 widows or widowers and 1 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.59 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 60% 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 15 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.
there were 17 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 8. There were single room apartments and 4 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 15 apartments (88.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2 apartments (11.8%) were seasonally occupied.
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Sights
The entire hamlet of Vaugondry is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.29% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23.81%), the Green Party (19.52%) and the CVP (11.43%). In the federal election, a total of 12 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.2%.
Economy
, Vaugondry had an unemployment rate of 11.6%. , there were 4 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 2 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the secondary sector or the tertiary sector.
, there were 11 workers who commuted away from the municipality. Of the working population, 11.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 64.7% 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 4 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 2 students in those schools.
, there were 11 students from Vaugondry who attended schools outside the municipality.