Champvent

Champvent (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃vɑ̃]) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[4] Champvent has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.9 square kilometers (2.7 sq mi).

It consists of the village of Champvent, the hamlet of Saint-Christophe and the enclave of Mornens.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Paly Argent and Azure with Fess enhanced in Gules surmounting.

[11] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (281 or 94.0%) as their first language, with German being second most common (9 or 3.0%) and Spanish being third (4 or 1.3%).

[12] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Champvent is; 56 children or 15.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 46 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19.

[14] About 49.5% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[11] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][17] Champvent Castle and the Manoir de Saint-Christophe are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The Champvent village and surrounding region as well as the area around Saint-Christophe are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[11] There were 167 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.3% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 3 or 11.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 15.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 14 or 53.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 15.4% were in education.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 36 or 12.0% were Roman Catholic, while 234 or 78.3% 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.

Aerial view (1949)