Morges District

Morges District District de Morges
—  District  —
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
Capital	Morges
Area
– Total	372.99 km2 (144 sq mi)
Population (2009)
– Total	72,361
– Density	194/km2 (502.5/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities	62

Morges District is a district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Morges.

Geography

Morges has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 372.99 square kilometers (144.01 sq mi). Of this area, 205.69 km² (79.42 sq mi) or 55.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 126.4 km² (48.8 sq mi) or 33.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 38.25 km² (14.77 sq mi) or 10.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 2.66 km² (1.03 sq mi) or 0.7% is unproductive land.^[1]

Demographics

Morges has a population (as of December 2009^[update]) of 72,361.^[2]

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (56,847 or 82.3%), with German being second most common (3,224 or 4.7%) and Italian being third (2,589 or 3.7%). There are 22 people who speak Romansh.^[3]

Of the population in the district 12,738 or about 18.4% were born in Morges and lived there in 2000. There were 23,191 or 33.6% who were born in the same canton, while 11,880 or 17.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 19,384 or 28.1% were born outside of Switzerland.^[3]

In 2008^[update] there were 592 live births to Swiss citizens and 198 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 484 deaths of Swiss citizens and 55 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 108 while the foreign population increased by 143. There were 37 Swiss men and 27 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 585 non-Swiss men and 629 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 417 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1055 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.1%.^[4]

The age distribution, as of 2009^[update], in Morges is; 8,300 children or 11.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 9,051 teenagers or 12.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 8,180 people or 11.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 10,572 people or 14.6% are between 30 and 39, 11,911 people or 16.5% are between 40 and 49, and 9,153 people or 12.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 7,634 people or 10.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 4,411 people or 6.1% are between 70 and 79,there are 2,489 people or 3.4% who are 80 and 89, and there are 531 people or 0.7% who are 90 and older.^[5]

As of 2000^[update], there were 28,815 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 32,925 married individuals, 3,126 widows or widowers and 4,211 individuals who are divorced.^[3]

There were 9,904 households that consist of only one person and 1,599 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 29,876 households that answered this question, 33.2% were households made up of just one person and there were 117 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 7,893 married couples without children, 9,114 married couples with children There were 1,660 single parents with a child or children. There were 563 households that were made up of unrelated people and 625 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.^[3]

The historical population is given in the following chart:^[6]

Mergers and name changes

On 1 September 2006, the former Aubonne district (District d'Aubonne), Cossonay district (District de Cossonay) and Morges district (District de Morges) were dissolved and merged into the new Morges district.

• The municipalities of Apples, Aubonne, Ballens, Berolle, Bière, Bougy-Villars, Féchy, Gimel, Mollens (VD), Montherod, Pizy, Saint-Livres, Saint-Oyens and Saubraz came from the Aubonne district (District d'Aubonne).

• The municipalities of La Chaux (Cossonay), Chavannes-le-Veyron, Chevilly, Cossonay, Cottens (VD), Cuarnens, Dizy, Eclépens, Ferreyres, Gollion, Grancy, L'Isle, Mauraz, Moiry, Mont-la-Ville, Montricher, Orny, Pampigny, Pompaples, La Sarraz, Senarclens and Sévery came from the Cossonay district (District de Cossonay).

• The municipalities of Aclens, Bremblens, Buchillon, Bussy-Chardonney, Chigny, Clarmont, Colombier (VD), Denens, Denges, Echandens, Echichens, Etoy, Lavigny, Lonay, Lully (VD), Lussy-sur-Morges, Monnaz, Morges, Préverenges, Reverolle, Romanel-sur-Morges, Saint-Prex, Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges, Tolochenaz, Vaux-sur-Morges and Villars-sous-Yens came from the old Morges district (District de Morges).

• The municipality of Allaman came from the old District of Rolle.^[7]

On 1 July 2011 the municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged into the municipality of Echichens.^[8]

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 22.18% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (21.71%), the FDP (14.66%) and the Green Party (14.08%). In the federal election, a total of 19,756 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.7%.^[9]

Religion

From the 2000 census^[update], 24,486 or 35.4% were Roman Catholic, while 26,305 or 38.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 1,056 members of an Orthodox church (or about 1.53% of the population), there were 46 individuals (or about 0.07% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 1,972 individuals (or about 2.85% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 127 individuals (or about 0.18% of the population) who were Jewish, and 2,263 (or about 3.28% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 150 individuals who were Buddhist, 85 individuals who were Hindu and 124 individuals who belonged to another church. 9,157 (or about 13.26% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 3,306 individuals (or about 4.79% of the population) did not answer the question.^[3]

Education

In Morges about 24,337 or (35.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 11,370 or (16.5%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Of the 11,370 who completed tertiary schooling, 48.6% were Swiss men, 26.5% were Swiss women, 15.2% were non-Swiss men and 9.7% were non-Swiss women.^[3]

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 9,184 students in the local and district school systems. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.^[10] During the school year, the district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children. There were 203 (32.2%) children who received subsidized pre-school care. There were 4,838 students in the primary school program, which last four years. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 4,238 students in those schools. There were also 108 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.^[11]

Municipalities

The following municipalities are located within the district:

Municipality	Population (31 December 2009)[2]	Area km²[12]
Aclens	459	3.90
Allaman	395	2.60
Apples	1,247	12.93
Aubonne	2,738	6.87
Ballens	435	8.48
Berolle	285	9.60
Bière	1,434	25.01
Bougy-Villars	460	1.77
Bremblens	452	2.90
Buchillon	566	2.13
Bussy-Chardonney	379	3.05
Chavannes-le-Veyron	116	2.63
Chevilly	242	3.87
Chigny	301	0.90
Clarmont	138	1.00
Cossonay	3,317	8.29
Cottens	441	2.36
Cuarnens	380	7.14
Denens	668	3.29
Denges	1,551	1.66
Dizy	222	3.04
Eclépens	975	5.81
Echandens	2,138	3.88
Echichens Colombier Monnaz Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges	1,022a 512 396 453	2.58 a 5.27 1.61 3.79
Etoy	2,702	4.91
Féchy	771	2.70
Ferreyres	297	3.15
Gimel	1,699	18.89
Gollion	621	5.44
Grancy	366	5.69
La Chaux (Cossonay)	399	6.75
La Sarraz	2,150	7.71
L'Isle	969	16.21
Lavigny	739	4.00
Lonay	2,397	3.71
Lully	781	2.05
Lussy-sur-Morges	583	2.34
Mauraz	55	0.50
Moiry	267	6.67
Mollens (VD)	280	11.00
Morges	14,447	3.85
Mont-la-Ville	350	19.75
Montherod	519	4.97
Montricher	808	25.98
Orny	372	5.56
Pampigny	995	11.09
Pizy	82	2.51
Pompaples	766	4.45
Préverenges	4,842	1.86
Reverolle	356	1.18
Romanel-sur-Morges	471	1.75
Saint-Livres	572	8.12
Saint-Oyens	309	3.05
Saint-Prex	5,058	5.52
Saubraz	350	3.70
Senarclens	368	3.97
Sévery	212	2.38
Tolochenaz	1,705	1.59
Vaux-sur-Morges	172	2.10
Villars-sous-Yens	582	3.04
Vufflens-le-Château	767	2.14
Vullierens	417	6.84
Yens	1,043	9.51
Total	72,361	372.96

^a Municipalities merged on 1 July 2011. Population and area are all pre-merger.

References

1. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
2. ^ ^{a b} Swiss Federal Statistical Office, MS Excel document – Bilanz der ständigen Wohnbevölkerung nach Kantonen, Bezirken und Gemeinden (German) accessed 25 August 2010
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 (German) accessed 2 February 2011
4. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 (German) accessed 19 June 2010
5. ^ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office (French) accessed 29 April 2011
6. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 (German) accessed 29 January 2011
7. ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (German) accessed 4 April 2011
8. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 17 February 2011
9. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton (German) accessed 28 May 2010
10. ^ Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010 (French) accessed 2 May 2011
11. ^ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition (French) accessed 2 May 2011
12. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010

Coordinates: 46°30′N 6°30′E / 46.5°N 6.5°E / 46.5; 6.5