Broye-Vully District


Broye-Vully District is a district in Vaud Canton in Switzerland.

Geography

Broye-Vully has an area,, of. Of this area, or 65.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.1% is settled and or 2.0% is unproductive land.

Demographics

Broye-Vully has a population of.
In there were 280 live births to Swiss citizens and 116 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 277 deaths of Swiss citizens and 19 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 97. There were 41 Swiss men and 62 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 263 non-Swiss men and 274 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 was an increase of 382 and the non-Swiss population increased by 442 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.4%.
The age distribution in Broye-Vully,, was as follows:
Age bracketPopulationFraction of total
0–93,88311.0%
10–194,58313.0%
20–294,26112.1%
30–394,63613.1%
40–495,71416.2%
50–594,53112.8%
60–693,66610.4%
70–792,3506.7%
80–891,4044.0%
90–up2350.7%

Mergers and name changes

On 1 September 2006, the Avenches district, Moudon district, and Payerne district were all dissolved and merged into the Broye-Vully district.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.09% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP, the SP and the Green Party. In the federal election, a total of 9,180 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.1%.

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