Bogis-Bossey

Bogis-Bossey is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Bogis-Bossey has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.5 square kilometers (0.97 sq mi).

It consists of the village of Bogis, on the border with the French commune of Divonne-les-Bains (Pays de Gex), and the hamlets of Bossey (with Bossey Castle), l'Hostellerie, Petit-Bossey and Belle-Ferme.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (560 or 66.1%), with English being second most common (146 or 17.2%) and German being third (65 or 7.7%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Bogis-Bossey is; 112 children or 13.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 136 teenagers or 16.2% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.4% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 176 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.9%.

[9] There were 411 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.6% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 4.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 4.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 11 or 10.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 11 or 10.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 6.9% were in education and 1 was in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 226 or 26.7% were Roman Catholic, while 242 or 28.6% 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.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 1,249 children of which 563 children (45.1%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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