Vaugondry

Vaugondry is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[1] Vaugondry has an area, as of 2009[update], of 0.84 square kilometers (0.32 sq mi).

[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gyrrony Or and Azure, overall a Cat effarouched statant proper.

[5] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (32 or 84.2%), with Portuguese being second most common (3 or 7.9%) and German being third (2 or 5.3%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Vaugondry is; 7 children or 19.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 6 teenagers or 16.7% are between 10 and 19.

[9] About 60% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[5] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] The entire hamlet of Vaugondry is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.29% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 12 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.2%.

[5] There were 17 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.2% of the workforce.

[5] From the 2000 census[update], 3 or 7.9% were Roman Catholic, while 21 or 55.3% 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 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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