Pomy, Switzerland

Pomy (French pronunciation: [pɔmi] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Pomy has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.6 square kilometers (2.2 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.34 km2 (0.13 sq mi) or 6.0% is settled (buildings or roads).

[5] The municipality is located just a few kilometers south-east of Yverdon-les-Bains on the road to Moudon.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, from a Coupeaux Vert issuant an Apple Tree of the same fructed Gules.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (556 or 95.4%) as their first language, with German being second most common (11 or 1.9%) and Italian being third (9 or 1.5%).

[11] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Pomy is; 96 children or 14.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 91 teenagers or 14.0% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46.36% of the vote.

[10] There were 271 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 4.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 15.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 3 or 3.6% were in education and 55 or 66.3% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 125 or 21.4% were Roman Catholic, while 370 or 63.5% 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.