Eysins

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

[3] Eysins has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.4 square kilometers (0.93 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.48 km2 (0.19 sq mi) or 20.2% is settled (buildings or roads).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a cross Or between two Roses of the same in chief.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (682 or 82.1%), with English being second most common (53 or 6.4%) and German being third (51 or 6.1%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Eysins is; 185 children or 15.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 137 teenagers or 11.7% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 18.41% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 238 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 43.7%.

[9] There were 460 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 38 or 32.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 7.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 2.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 9 or 7.6% were in the information industry, 6 or 5.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 30 or 25.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 10 or 8.5% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 252 or 30.3% were Roman Catholic, while 335 or 40.3% 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.