Villars-sous-Champvent was a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Essert-sous-Champvent and Villars-sous-Champvent merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Champvent.
Geography
Villars-sous-Champvent had an area, , of . Of this area, or 84.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 8.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 7.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 70.3% is used for growing crops and 9.9% is pastures, while 4.4% is used for orchards or vine crops.
Villars-sous-Champvent lies at an elevation of , west as the crow flies from Yverdon-les-Bains. This farm village is nestled in the Bey valley.
To the north are the hills that rise to the foot of the Jura Mountains. To the south lies the Mont de Chamblon (), the highest point in the municipality.
The surrounding municipalities are Montagny-près-Yverdon, Chamblon, Suscévaz, Champvent, and Essert-sous-Champvent.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, overall a Harrow Gules.
Demographics
Villars-sous-Champvent had a population () of 59. , about 1.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 12.8%. It has changed at a rate of 4.3% due to migration and at a rate of 8.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (44 or 97.8%) as their first language with the rest speaking German
, there were 16 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 26 married individuals, 2 widows or widowers and 1 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.52 which is fewer people per room than the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 61.1% 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 19 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
, a total of 18 apartments (94.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartment was seasonally occupied.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.08% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20.18%), the Green Party (11.79%) and the SP (10.88%). In the federal election, a total of 25 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 64.1%.
Economy
, Villars-sous-Champvent had an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 16 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person was employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 2 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.
, there were 17 workers who commuted away from the municipality. Of the working population, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 65.2% 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 5 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 4 students in those schools.
, there were 7 students from Villars-sous-Champvent who attended schools outside the municipality.