Valeyres-sous-Ursins

Valeyres-sous-Ursins (French pronunciation: [valɛʁ su.z‿yʁsɛ̃], literally Valeyres under Ursins) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Valeyres-sous-Ursins has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.9 square kilometers (1.1 sq mi).

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert, two Bars wavy Argent, overall a Cup Or.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (172 or 95.6%) as their first language, with German being second most common (2 or 1.1%) and Italian being third (2 or 1.1%).

[11] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Valeyres-sous-Ursins is; 37 children or 16.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 29 teenagers or 12.6% 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 45.36% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 111 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 73.5%.

[10] There were 100 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 37.0% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4, of which 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 26 or 14.4% were Roman Catholic, while 113 or 62.8% 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.