Vullierens

Vullierens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.

Vullierens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.8 square kilometers (2.6 sq mi).

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, in chief a Castle with three Towers Or, in base two Sea-daces addorsed Argent.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (371 or 92.3%), with English being second most common (13 or 3.2%) and German being third (12 or 3.0%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Vullierens is; 36 children or 8.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 56 teenagers or 13.4% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] Vullierens Castle and the surrounding gardens and buildings are listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Vullierens is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 23.48% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 155 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.4%.

[8] There were 185 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.6% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 22.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 16.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 3 or 16.7% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 55 or 13.7% were Roman Catholic, while 273 or 67.9% 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 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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

Aerial view (1949)