Bougy-Villars is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
[3] Originally a wine growing village, by the 21st century, Bougy-Villars had gained a reputation as a scenic and affluent residential area.
Bougy-Villars has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.77 square kilometers (0.68 sq mi).
Of the rest of the land, 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 39.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a bend bendy sinister of eight Argent and Vert.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (315 or 85.1%), with German being second most common (30 or 8.1%) and Portuguese being third (10 or 2.7%).
[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Bougy-Villars is; 56 children or 12.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 60 teenagers or 13.1% are between 10 and 19.
[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Bougy-Villars is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.02% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 127 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.2%.
[9] There were 178 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.0% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 2 or 2.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 41 or 57.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 13 or 18.3% were technical professionals or scientists.
[9] This village is also home to one of the best chocolate makers in Switzerland, called "Tristan" as well as several local wine producers that sell their product in their cellars.
From the 2000 census[update], 111 or 30.0% were Roman Catholic, while 190 or 51.4% 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.