Villarzel

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

On 1 July 2006, Villarzel incorporated the formerly independent municipalities of Rossens and Sédeilles.

Villarzel has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.7 square kilometers (3.0 sq mi).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Villarzel is; 33 children or 8.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 46 teenagers or 12.0% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] The entire village of Villarzel is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.48% of the vote.

[8] There were 86 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.7% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 37, of which 34 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 11 or 57.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 21.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 1 was in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 33 or 17.4% were Roman Catholic, while 127 or 66.8% 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.

Aerial view (1963)