Montaubion-Chardonney

Montaubion-Chardonney was a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[2] Montaubion-Chardonney has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.1 square kilometers (0.81 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, from a Coupeaux rising a Thistle Argent.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (69 or 93.2%), with German being second most common (2 or 2.7%) and Italian being third (1 or 1.4%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Montaubion-Chardonney is; 8 children or 11.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 3 teenagers or 4.3% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 56.7% 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).

Of the rest of the households, there are 5 married couples without children, 14 married couples with children[8] In 2000[update] there were 9 single family homes (or 37.5% of the total) out of a total of 24 inhabited buildings.

The greatest number of multi-family homes (2) were built before 1919 and again between 1919 and 1945[12] In 2000[update] there were 33 apartments in the municipality.

[6] 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 23.83% of the vote.

[6] There were 43 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 32.6% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 9, of which 7 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 14 or 18.9% were Roman Catholic, while 42 or 56.8% 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.