Villars-Epeney

Villars-Epeney is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Villars-Epeney has an area, as of 2009[update], of 0.9 square kilometers (0.35 sq mi).

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a thorn bough Vert bendwise.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (49 or 98.0%) as their first language with the rest speaking Portuguese[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Villars-Epeney is; 4 children or 5.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 13 teenagers or 16.3% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.04% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 34 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 64.2%.

[9] There were 24 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 50.0% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2, of which 1 was a technical professional or scientist.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 15 or 30.0% were Roman Catholic, while 31 or 62.0% 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.