Gollion

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

[3] Gollion has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.44 square kilometers (2.10 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.45 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert, three Buckles two and one Argent.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (510 or 90.3%), with German being second most common (24 or 4.2%) and Portuguese being third (11 or 1.9%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Gollion is; 65 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 75 teenagers or 12.1% 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 26.06% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 190 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.9%.

[9] There were 300 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.7% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 188.

In the tertiary sector; 10 or 8.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 8.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 5.4% were in the information industry, 37 or 33.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 2.7% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 121 or 21.4% were Roman Catholic, while 327 or 57.9% 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.

[17] 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.

Fields outside Gollion
Aerial view (1949)
Gollion village
Sketch of the church and surroundings in 1690