Lavey-Morcles

Lavey-Morcles is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Aigle.

[3] Lavey-Morcles has an area, as of 2009[update], of 14.19 square kilometers (5.48 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Aigle district, on the right bank of the Rhone river.

[5] It consists of the villages of Lavey-Village (across from Saint-Maurice), Lavey-les-Bains, Eslex and Morcles.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (695 or 89.0%), with German being second most common (42 or 5.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (18 or 2.3%).

The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 12 and the non-Swiss population increased by 7 people.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Lavey-Morcles is; 99 children or 11.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 81 teenagers or 9.5% 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 37.31% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 260 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.3%.

[9] There were 362 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.1% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 172.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 56 of which 7 or (12.5%) were in manufacturing and 28 (50.0%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 10 or 9.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 1.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 51 or 46.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 2.8% were technical professionals or scientists, and 17 or 15.6% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 363 or 46.5% were Roman Catholic, while 306 or 39.2% 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.

There were no students in the primary school program, which lasts four years.