| Subject Name: | Bretonnières |
| Municipality Type: | municipality |
| Canton: | Vaud |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-VD |
| Coordinates: | 46.7167°N 34°W |
| Postal Code: | 1329 |
| Municipality Code: | 5748 |
| Area: | 5.46 |
| Elevation: | 674 |
| Population: | 225 |
| Populationof: | 2004 |
| Website: | www.1329.ch |
| Mayor: | M. François Berthoud |
| Mayor Title: | Syndic |
| Demonym: | Lè Caque-lentelye |
Bretonnières is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Bretonnières is first mentioned in 1154 as Bretoneres.
Bretonnières has an area,, of 5.5km2. Of this area, 2.44km2 or 44.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.53km2 or 46.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.5km2 or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.[1]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.0% of the area Out of the forested land, 44.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 27.2% is used for growing crops and 17.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[1]
The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bretonnières became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.[2]
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, two wheat stalks counterchanged.[3]
Bretonnières has a population of ., 3.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[4] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of -1.4%. It has changed at a rate of -1% due to migration and at a rate of -0.5% due to births and deaths.[5]
Most of the population speaks French (195 or 97.5%), with German being second most common (3 or 1.5%) and Italian being third (1 or 0.5%).
The age distribution,, in Bretonnières is; 15 children or 7.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 25 teenagers or 12.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 20 people or 9.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 22 people or 10.8% are between 30 and 39, 40 people or 19.6% are between 40 and 49, and 30 people or 14.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 28 people or 13.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 7.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 8 people or 3.9% who are between 80 and 89.[6]
, there were 74 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 110 married individuals, 9 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.[7]
, there were 80 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.[5] There were 21 households that consist of only one person and 9 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 81 households that answered this question, 25.9% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 26 married couples without children, 31 married couples with children There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.[7]
there were 48 single family homes (or 66.7% of the total) out of a total of 72 inhabited buildings. There were 10 multi-family buildings (13.9%), along with 11 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (15.3%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.2%).[8]
, a total of 75 apartments (82.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 13 apartments (14.3%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (3.3%) were empty.[8], the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.[5] The vacancy rate for the municipality,, was 0%.[5]
The historical population is given in the following chart:[9]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.87% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (22.12%), the FDP (15.29%) and the Green Party (11.91%). In the federal election, a total of 86 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.8%.[10]
, Bretonnières had an unemployment rate of 3%., there were 27 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 6 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector.[5] There were 97 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.1% of the workforce.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 23. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 16, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 3 of which or (0.0%) were in manufacturing, 2 or (66.7%) were in mining and 1 was in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4. In the tertiary sector; 3 or 75.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in education.[11]
, there were 7 workers who commuted into the municipality and 71 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 10.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[12] Of the working population, 15.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 60.8% used a private car.[5]
From the, 25 or 12.5% were Roman Catholic, while 122 or 61.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 34 individuals (or about 17.00% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 33 (or about 16.50% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 3 individuals (or about 1.50% of the population) did not answer the question.[7]
In Bretonnières about 81 or (40.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 24 or (12.0%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 24 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.3% were Swiss men, 29.2% were Swiss women.[7]
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 18 students in the Bretonnières school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.[13] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 8 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 10 students in those schools.[14]
, there were 10 students in Bretonnières who came from another municipality, while 28 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[12]
The municipality has a railway station,, on the Simplon line. It has regular service to,, and .