Bioley-Magnoux

Bioley-Magnoux (French pronunciation: [bjɔlɛ maɲu]) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] The village is located 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Yverdon and played some historic role in previous times.

Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy 1433–1477, last reigning duke of Burgundy (1467–1477), son and successor of Philip the Good, made his quarters at the castle early in June 1476 on his way to Murten where he lost the battle against the confederates.

[4] Bioley-Magnoux has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.3 square kilometers (1.7 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a wavy chevron Or, around it three birch leaves Argent two over one, pointing to the middle chief.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (157 or 92.9%) as their first language, with German being second most common (9 or 5.3%) and Portuguese being third (2 or 1.2%).

[11] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Bioley-Magnoux is; 9 children or 5.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 23 teenagers or 13.7% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] The village is known for its annual Ascension Day road race which attracts participation from the surrounding region.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.19% of the vote.

[10] There were 71 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.4% of the workforce.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 13 or 7.7% were Roman Catholic, while 144 or 85.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.

Bioley-Magnoux