Bussigny-sur-Oron

Bussigny-sur-Oron is first mentioned in 1433 as Bussignye. In 1517 it was mentioned in a land registry of Count Jean II de Gruyère.[2]

Bussigny-sur-Oron has an area, as of 2009, of 1.2 square kilometers (0.46 sq mi). Of this area, 0.92 km² (0.36 sq mi) or 79.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.16 km² (0.062 sq mi) or 13.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.1 km² (25 acres) or 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads).[3]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 30.2% is used for growing crops and 47.4% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.[3]

The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bussigny-sur-Oron became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.[4]

The small municipality is located near the Lausanne-Bulle road along the Mionnaz river.

The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres and Vuibroye are seeking approval from the Canton to merge on 1 January 2012 into the new municipality of Oron.[1]

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale, 1. Azure, two mullets of five above a crescent upward Or; 2. Or, a kid rampant Sable, langued Gules, horned and lined Argent.[5]

Bussigny-sur-Oron has a population (as of 2010) of 77. As of 2008, 6.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[6] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 25.4%. It has changed at a rate of 20.6% due to migration and at a rate of 1.6% due to births and deaths.[7]

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (60 or 89.6%), with German being second most common (5 or 7.5%) and English being third (1 or 1.5%).[8]

The age distribution, as of 2009, in Bussigny-sur-Oron is; 7 children or 8.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 11 teenagers or 13.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 13 people or 16.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 10 people or 12.7% are between 30 and 39, 14 people or 17.7% are between 40 and 49, and 7 people or 8.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 9 people or 11.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 6 people or 7.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 2 people or 2.5% who are between 80 and 89.[9]

As of 2000, there were 27 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 33 married individuals, 4 widows or widowers and 3 individuals who are divorced.[8]

As of 2000 the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 which is fewer people per room than the cantonal average of 0.61 per room.[7] In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics.[10] About 75% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).[11]

As of 2000, there were 24 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.[7] There were 7 households that consist of only one person and 4 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 25 households that answered this question, 28.0% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 4 married couples without children, 10 married couples with children and 2 single parents with a child or children.[8]

In 2000 there were 12 single family homes (or 60.0% of the total) out of a total of 20 inhabited buildings. There were multi-family buildings (0.0%), along with 7 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (35.0%) and 1 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.0%).[12]

In 2000, a total of 24 apartments (96.0% of the total) were permanently occupied and one apartment was empty.[12] As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.[7] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0%.[7]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][13]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 28.03% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party (25.25%), the EDU Party (13.64%) and the SP (11.11%). In the federal election, a total of 22 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.9%.[14]

As of  2010, Bussigny-sur-Oron had an unemployment rate of 3.9%. As of 2008, there were 10 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the secondary sector or the tertiary sector.[7] There were 40 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 37.5% of the workforce.

In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 8, all of which were in agriculture.[15]

In 2000, there were 11 workers who commuted into the municipality and 28 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[16] Of the working population, 25% used public transportation to get to work, and 42.5% used a private car.[7]

From the 2000 census, 19 or 28.4% were Roman Catholic, while 26 or 38.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 8 individuals (or about 11.94% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islamic. 17 (or about 25.37% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist.[8]

In Bussigny-sur-Oron about 21 or (31.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 12 or (17.9%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Of the 12 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.3% were Swiss men, 33.3% were Swiss women.[8]

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 9 students in the Bussigny-sur-Oron school district. 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 665 children of which 232 children (34.9%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 5 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 4 students in those schools.[18]

As of 2000, there was one student in Bussigny-sur-Oron who came from another municipality, while 12 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[16]