Jongny (French pronunciation: [ʒɔ̃ɲi]) is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
[3] Jongny has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.2 square kilometers (0.85 sq mi).
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Bell between two Mullets of Five in chief and a Heart in base all Argent.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,078 or 83.8%) as their first language, with German being second most common (117 or 9.1%) and English being third (29 or 2.3%).
[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Jongny is; 144 children or 10.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 162 teenagers or 11.4% are between 10 and 19.
[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] Jongny is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces, which is also listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 20.45% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 471 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.1%.
[9] There were 657 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.3% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 7 or 6.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 11 or 9.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 7 or 6.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 2 or 1.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 15 or 12.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 35 or 30.2% were in education and 24 or 20.7% were in health care.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 430 or 33.4% were Roman Catholic, while 596 or 46.3% 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.