Constantine, Switzerland

Constantine (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃stɑ̃tin] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[2] Constantine has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.81 square kilometers (1.08 sq mi).

while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.6%.

[4] The municipality is located on the southern slope of Mont Vully.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Branch palewise with five Leaves Vert.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (232 or 82.9%), with German being second most common (30 or 10.7%) and Portuguese being third (10 or 3.6%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Constantine is; 24 children or 8.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 39 teenagers or 13.0% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 60.6% 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] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 39.93% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 107 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.7%.

[6] There were 140 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.3% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 14 or 33.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 7.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 31.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 16.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 4.8% were in education.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 68 or 24.3% were Roman Catholic, while 194 or 69.3% 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.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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