Vucherens

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

Of the rest of the land, 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 12.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, on Owl Argent statant on a Coupeaux Vert.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (416 or 93.7%), with German being second most common (13 or 2.9%) and Portuguese being third (7 or 1.6%).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Vucherens is; 55 children or 10.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 72 teenagers or 13.6% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] Vucherens is twinned with the town of Droiturier, France.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 27.8% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 170 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.2%.

[8] There were 226 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 83 or 79.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 5.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 2.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 2.9% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 90 or 20.3% were Roman Catholic, while 287 or 64.6% 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.