Fey is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
[3] Fey has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.35 square kilometers (2.84 sq mi).
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Beech Tree eradicated Vert.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (402 or 95.3%), with German being second most common (6 or 1.4%) and Portuguese being third (6 or 1.4%).
[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Fey is; 71 children or 12.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 72 teenagers or 13.0% 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 28.29% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 138 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 40.4%.
[9] There were 210 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 33.8% of the workforce.
The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 47 of which 4 or (8.5%) were in manufacturing and 43 (91.5%) were in construction.
In the tertiary sector; 11 or 47.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 8.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 13.0% were in education and 1 was in health care.
[9] The municipality has a railway station, Fey, on the suburban Lausanne–Bercher line.
From the 2000 census[update], 86 or 20.4% were Roman Catholic, while 268 or 63.5% 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 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care.
The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.
[16] Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.