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La Sagne

La Sagne(French pronunciation:[lasaɲ]) is amunicipalityin thecantonofNeuchâtelinSwitzerland.

La Sagne
Municipality
La Sagne village church
La Sagne village church
Coat of arms of La Sagne
Coat of arms
Location of La Sagne
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La Sagne is located in Switzerland
La Sagne
La Sagne
La Sagne is located in Canton of Neuchâtel
La Sagne
La Sagne
Coordinates:47°2′N6°48′E/ 47.033°N 6.800°E/47.033; 6.800
CountrySwitzerland
CantonNeuchâtel
Area
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• Total25.55 km2(9.86 sq mi)
Elevation
1,039 m (3,409 ft)
Population
(31 December 2018)[2]
• Total1,016
• Density40/km2(100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00(Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)UTC+02:00(Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
2314
SFOS number6423
ISO 3166 codeCH-NE
Surrounded byBoudevilliers,Brot-Plamboz,Coffrane,Fontaines,La Chaux-de-Fonds,Le Locle,Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane,Les Hauts-Geneveys,Les Ponts-de-Martel,Montmollin,Rochefort
Twin townsRosières-aux-Salines(France)
Websitewww.lasagne.ch
SFSO statistics

History

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La Sagne is first mentioned in 1332 asla Sagne.[3]

Geography

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La Sagne village
Aerial view (1949)

La Sagne has an area, as of 2009,of 25.6 square kilometers (9.9 sq mi). Of this area, 15.29 km2(5.90 sq mi) or 59.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.45 km2(3.65 sq mi) or 37.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8 km2(0.31 sq mi) or 3.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2(9.9 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2(4.9 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.[4]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 33.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.5% is used for growing crops and 45.8% is pastures and 13.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[4]

The municipality was located in the district ofLa Chaux-de-Fondsuntil the district level was eliminated on 1 January 2018.[5]It is in the eastern part of the Vallée de La Sagne et des Ponts-de-Martel and consists of thelinear villageof La Sagne and thehamletsof Les Cœudres, Le Crêt, Miéville, La Sagne-Eglise and La Corbatière.

Coat of arms

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Theblazonof the municipalcoat of armsisArgent, issuant from three Mounts Vert as many Pine trees of the same.[6]

Demographics

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La Sagne has a population (as of December 2020) of 1,058.[7]As of 2008,6.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[8]Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 5.1%. It has changed at a rate of 7.6% due to migration and at a rate of 3.7% due to births and deaths.[9]

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaksFrench(946 or 94.9%) as their first language,Germanis the second most common (29 or 2.9%) andItalianis the third (8 or 0.8%).[10]

As of 2008,the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. The population was made up of 439 Swiss men (45.9% of the population) and 30 (3.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 455 Swiss women (47.5%) and 33 (3.4%) non-Swiss women.[11]Of the population in the municipality, 360 or about 36.1% were born in La Sagne and lived there in 2000. There were 362 or 36.3% who were born in the same canton, while 167 or 16.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 82 or 8.2% were born outside of Switzerland.[10]

As of 2000,children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 20.7%.[9]

As of 2000,there were 386 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 453 married individuals, 118 widows or widowers and 40 individuals who are divorced.[10]

As of 2000,there were 374 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.[9]There were 108 households that consist of only one person and 28 households with five or more people. In 2000,a total of 363 apartments (85.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 51 apartments (11.9%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (3.0%) were empty.[12]As of 2009,the construction rate of new housing units was 1 new units per 1000 residents.[9]The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010,was 1.08%.[9]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13]

Heritage sites of national significance

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The Double House and the Church are listed as Swissheritage site of national significance.The entire village of La Sagne is part of theInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[14]

  • Double House
  • La Sagne-Eglise Church

Politics

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In the2007 federal electionthe most popular party was theSVPwhich received 29.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were theSP(18.71%), theFDP(16.12%) and theLPS Party(13.48%). In the federal election, a total of 415 votes were cast, and thevoter turnoutwas 51.6%.[15]

Economy

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Rail line through Vallée des Pont near La Sagne

As of 2010,La Sagne had an unemployment rate of 2.6%. As of 2008,there were 89 people employed in theprimary economic sectorand about 40 businesses involved in this sector. 71 people were employed in thesecondary sectorand there were 15 businesses in this sector. 222 people were employed in thetertiary sector,with 30 businesses in this sector.[9]There were 494 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.3% of the workforce.

In 2008the total number offull-time equivalentjobs was 314. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 69, of which 68 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 66 of which 43 or (65.2%) were in manufacturing and 23 (34.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 179. In the tertiary sector; 33 or 18.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 12 or 6.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 16 or 8.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 24 or 13.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 2.2% were in education and 82 or 45.8% were in health care.[16]

In 2000,there were 167 workers who commuted into the municipality and 274 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 16.8% of the workforce coming into La Sagne are coming from outside Switzerland.[17]Of the working population, 9.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 53.2% used a private car.[9]

Religion

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From the 2000 census,177 or 17.8% wereRoman Catholic,while 583 or 58.5% belonged to theSwiss Reformed Church.Of the rest of the population, there were 2members of an Orthodox church(or about 0.20% of the population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.20% of the population) who belonged to theChristian Catholic Church,and there were 47 individuals (or about 4.71% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals (or about 0.30% of the population) who wereJewish,and 2 (or about 0.20% of the population) who wereIslamic.There was 1 person who wasBuddhistand 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 162 (or about 16.25% of the population) belonged to no church, areagnosticoratheist,and 39 individuals (or about 3.91% of the population) did not answer the question.[10]

Education

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In La Sagne about 342 or (34.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatoryupper secondary education,and 97 or (9.7%) have completed additional higher education (eitheruniversityor aFachhochschule). Of the 97 who completed tertiary schooling, 59.8% were Swiss men, 29.9% were Swiss women and 7.2% were non-Swiss women.[10]

In the canton of Neuchâtel most municipalities provide two years of non-mandatorykindergarten,followed by five years of mandatory primary education. The next four years of mandatory secondary education is provided at thirteen larger secondary schools, which many students travel out of their home municipality to attend.[18]During the 2010-11 school year, there were 1.5 kindergarten classes with a total of 27 students in La Sagne. In the same year, there were 3 primary classes with a total of 60 students.[19]

As of 2000,there was one student in La Sagne who came from another municipality, while 88 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[17]

References

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  1. ^ab"Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen".Federal Statistical Office.Retrieved13 January2019.
  2. ^"Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018".Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019.Retrieved11 April2019.
  3. ^abLa SagneinGerman,FrenchandItalianin the onlineHistorical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^abSwiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics2009 data(in German)accessed 25 March 2010
  5. ^Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz(in German)accessed 15 February 2018
  6. ^Flags of the World.comaccessed 21-October-2011
  7. ^"Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit".bfs.admin.ch(in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020.Retrieved21 September2021.
  8. ^Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008Archived2010-06-28 at theWayback Machine(in German)accessed 19 June 2010
  9. ^abcdefgSwiss Federal Statistical OfficeArchived2016-01-05 at theWayback Machineaccessed 21-October-2011
  10. ^abcdeSTAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000Archived2013-08-09 at theWayback Machine(in German)accessed 2 February 2011
  11. ^Canton of Neuchatel StatisticsArchived2012-12-05 atarchive.today,République et canton de Neuchâtel - Recensement annuel de la population(in German)accessed 13 October 2011
  12. ^Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und WohnungenArchived2014-09-07 at theWayback Machine(in German)accessed 28 January 2011
  13. ^Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000Archived2014-09-30 at theWayback Machine(in German)accessed 29 January 2011
  14. ^"Kantonsliste A-Objekte".KGS Inventar(in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 28 June 2010.Retrieved25 April2011.
  15. ^Swiss Federal Statistical Office,Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/CantonArchived2015-05-14 at theWayback Machine(in German)accessed 28 May 2010
  16. ^Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3Archived2014-12-25 at theWayback Machine(in German)accessed 28 January 2011
  17. ^abSwiss Federal Statistical Office - StatwebArchived2012-08-04 atarchive.today(in German)accessed 24 June 2010
  18. ^EDK/CDIP/IDES (2010).Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein(PDF)(Report).Retrieved24 June2010.
  19. ^Statistical Department of the Canton of NeuchâtelArchived2012-04-14 at theWayback MachineMémento de l'année scolaire 2010/2011(in French)accessed 17 October 2011
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