Bursinel

Bursinel is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Bursinel has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.8 square kilometers (0.69 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.29 km2 (0.11 sq mi) or 16.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (281 or 82.2%), with German being second most common (23 or 6.7%) and English being third (18 or 5.3%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Bursinel is; 69 children or 14.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 58 teenagers or 11.8% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Villa Choisy and its outbuildings are listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 21.5% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 100 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 39.8%.

[9] There were 181 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.5% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 5 or 21.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 11 or 47.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 4 or 17.4% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 97 or 28.4% were Roman Catholic, while 159 or 46.5% 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.

[18] 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.

Bursinel (2020)
Aerial view (1964)