Les Cullayes

Les Cullayes is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[2] Les Cullayes had an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.1 square kilometers (0.81 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.36 km2 (0.14 sq mi) or 17.0% is settled (buildings or roads).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Divided by Bend sinister Or, 1: Azure a Deer's Head affrontty Argent; 2: Gules a Rose Or.

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (557 or 88.7%), with German being second most common (50 or 8.0%) and Portuguese being third (7 or 1.1%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Les Cullayes is; 73 children or 10.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 96 teenagers or 13.7% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 74.3% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 21.36% of the vote.

[7] There were 329 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 47.7% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 5 or 10.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 6.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 16.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 2 or 4.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 8.2% were in education and 21 or 42.9% were in health care.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 182 or 29.0% were Roman Catholic, while 332 or 52.9% 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.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.