Bussigny (until 2014 Bussigny-près-Lausanne) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois.

[3] Bussigny has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.8 square kilometers (1.9 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 2.32 km2 (0.90 sq mi) or 48.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess, argent and gules, a rooster sable, lined argent, beaked, crowned and "bearded" gules.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (6,308 or 84.1%), with Italian being second most common (336 or 4.5%) and German being third (272 or 3.6%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election, the most popular party was the SP, which received 26.06% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 1,763 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 42.5%.

[9] There were 4,067 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 5,036.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,905 of which 1,195 or (62.7%) were in manufacturing and 663 (34.8%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 1,136 or 36.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 376 or 12.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 129 or 4.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 241 or 7.7% were in the information industry, 51 or 1.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 615 or 19.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 101 or 3.2% were in education and 82 or 2.6% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 2,878 or 38.4% were Roman Catholic, while 2,713 or 36.2% 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.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 803 children of which 502 children (62.5%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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

[16] The municipality has a railway station, Bussigny, on the Jura Foot and Simplon lines.