Henniez

Henniez is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Broye-Vully.

[3] Henniez has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.61 square kilometers (1.01 sq mi).

[5] The municipality is located on the right bank of the Broye river and along the border with the Canton of Fribourg.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, two Tobacco Bundles counterchanged.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (217 or 94.3%), with German being second most common (9 or 3.9%) and Italian being third (2 or 0.9%).

At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men who immigrated from another country to Switzerland.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Henniez is; 29 children or 12.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 21 teenagers or 9.0% 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 57.47% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 68 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 36.4%.

[9] There were 121 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 9 or 47.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 15.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 2 or 10.5% were in education.

[17] From the 2000 census[update], 62 or 27.0% were Roman Catholic, while 144 or 62.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church who belonged.

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 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.