Villars-le-Grand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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
Villars-le-Grand is first mentioned in 1246 as Uilar.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.2%. Out of the forested land, 1.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 77.4% is used for growing crops and 7.9% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Grill Sable.
Demographics
Villars-le-Grand has a population () of 275. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -3.5%. It has changed at a rate of -1.8% due to migration and at a rate of -1.1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (262 or 90.3%), with German being second most common (24 or 8.3%) and Portuguese being third (2 or 0.7%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.
, there were 115 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 154 married individuals, 12 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.61 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 66.7% 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 107 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.
there were 115 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 39. There were single room apartments and 43 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 102 apartments (88.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 6 apartments (5.2%) were seasonally occupied and 7 apartments (6.1%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.93% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (24.39%), the SP (15.18%) and the CVP (5.26%). In the federal election, a total of 96 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 43.4%.
Economy
, Villars-le-Grand had an unemployment rate of 2.1%. , there were 67 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person was employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 5 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.
, there were 9 workers who commuted into the municipality and 100 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 11.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 5.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 60% 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 17 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 18 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 18 students in Villars-le-Grand who came from another municipality, while 29 residents attended schools outside the municipality.