Ropraz

Ropraz is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Ropraz has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.83 square kilometers (1.86 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Cat effarouché proper langued purpure in forepaws holding a Key Argent.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (325 or 87.1%), with German being second most common (11 or 2.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (9 or 2.4%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Ropraz is; 35 children or 9.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 41 teenagers or 11.5% 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 SVP which received 36.72% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 107 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 42.6%.

[9] There were 163 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.0% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 74.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 4.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 9.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 4.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 11.6% were in the information industry, 15 or 34.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 1 was in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 49 or 13.1% were Roman Catholic, while 230 or 61.7% 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 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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