Senarclens

Senarclens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.

[3] Senarclens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.97 square kilometers (1.53 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads).

[5] The municipality is located in the Morges district, and consists of the village of Senarclens and the hamlets of Bez and Soveillame.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (321 or 92.0%), with German being second most common (15 or 4.3%) and Portuguese being third (5 or 1.4%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Senarclens is; 40 children or 10.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 49 teenagers or 13.3% are between 10 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (16) were built between 1971 and 1980.

[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 26.96% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 136 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 57.4%.

[9] There were 170 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 8 or 11.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 21 or 29.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 2.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 4.2% were in education and 27 or 37.5% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 53 or 15.2% were Roman Catholic, while 236 or 67.6% 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 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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