Vuarrens

Vuarrens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Vuarrens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.96 square kilometres (3.46 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.49 km2 (0.19 sq mi) or 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads).

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess: 1. per pale Argent and Gules, two Pyxes counterchanged; 2.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (533 or 94.3%), with German being second most common (14 or 2.5%) and Spanish being third (6 or 1.1%).

At the same time, there were 4 non-Swiss men who immigrated from another country to Switzerland.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Vuarrens is; 119 children or 16.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 111 teenagers or 15.0% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.52% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 206 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.4%.

[8] There were 284 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 12 or 25.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 6.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 4.3% were in the information industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 9 or 19.1% were in education and 10 or 21.3% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 95 or 16.8% were Roman Catholic, while 392 or 69.4% 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.

[16] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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

Vuarrens
Tower of the Church of Vuarrens