Combremont-le-Petit

Combremont-le-Petit is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[2] Combremont-le-Petit has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.73 square kilometers (2.21 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) or 4.9% is settled (buildings or roads).

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Deer's Head gardant Or, between the antlers a Mullet (of six) Argent.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (343 or 93.2%), with German being second most common (12 or 3.3%) and English being third (5 or 1.4%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Combremont-le-Petit is; 36 children or 9.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 60 teenagers or 15.9% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 60.7% 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).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][13] The entire village of Combremont-le-Petit 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 24.18% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 115 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.4%.

[6] There were 168 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.5% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 24, of which 22 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 3 or 20.0% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 13.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 26.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 3 or 20.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 13.3% were in education.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 53 or 14.4% were Roman Catholic, while 250 or 67.9% 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.