Neyruz-sur-Moudon

Neyruz-sur-Moudon is a former municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[2] Neyruz-sur-Moudon had an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.5 square kilometers (1.4 sq mi).

It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Neyruz-sur-Moudon and the settlements of La Praire, Les Rutannes and Le Moulin Tardy.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, two Squirrels counterchanged.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (117 or 97.5%), with German being second most common (2 or 1.7%) and Albanian being third (1 or 0.8%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Neyruz-sur-Moudon is; 17 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 12 teenagers or 8.7% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.78% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 65 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 67.0%.

[8] There were 66 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4 of which 2 were in a hotel or restaurant and 2 were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 12 or 10.0% were Roman Catholic, while 90 or 75.0% 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.

[16] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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

Aerial view (1964)