Ferreyres

Ferreyres is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.

[3] Ferreyres has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.15 square kilometers (1.22 sq mi).

[5] The municipality is located on the northern slope of the Venoge valley.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Horse-shoe Or.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (199 or 89.6%), with German being second most common (12 or 5.4%) and Italian being third (5 or 2.3%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Ferreyres is; 36 children or 12.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 51 teenagers or 17.2% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Ferreyres 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 23.95% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 87 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.8%.

[9] There were 119 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 8 or 53.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 26.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, .

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 36 or 16.2% were Roman Catholic, while 145 or 65.3% 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.

[18] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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

Tine de Conflens in Ferreyres