Montpreveyres

Montpreveyres is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Montpreveyres has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.1 square kilometers (1.6 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, on two Hills as many Columns Argent, in chief Argent on a Branch Vert statant a Nightingale proper.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (355 or 95.2%), with German being second most common (9 or 2.4%) and Albanian being third (4 or 1.1%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Montpreveyres is; 85 children or 15.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 68 teenagers or 12.7% 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 SP which received 23.54% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 137 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.3%.

[9] There were 196 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.8% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 19 or 42.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 7 or 15.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 6.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 6.7% were in education and 1 was in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 83 or 22.3% were Roman Catholic, while 214 or 57.4% 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.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 665 children of which 232 children (34.9%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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