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Prangins

Coordinates:46°24′N06°15′E/ 46.400°N 6.250°E/46.400; 6.250
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Prangins
Municipality
Castle of Prangins
Castle of Prangins
Coat of arms of Prangins
Coat of arms
Location of Prangins
Map
Prangins is located in Switzerland
Prangins
Prangins
Prangins is located in Canton of Vaud
Prangins
Prangins
Coordinates:46°24′N06°15′E/ 46.400°N 6.250°E/46.400; 6.250
CountrySwitzerland
CantonVaud
DistrictNyon
Government
•MayorSyndic
François Briand
Area
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• Total6.06 km2(2.34 sq mi)
Elevation
413 m (1,355 ft)
Population
(31 December 2018)[2]
• Total4,038
• Density670/km2(1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00(Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)UTC+02:00(Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
1197
SFOS number5725
ISO 3166 codeCH-VD
Surrounded byNyon,Duillier,Coinsins,Vich,Gland
Websitewww.prangins.ch
Profile(in French),SFSO statistics

Prangins(French pronunciation:[pʁɑ̃ʒɛ̃]) is amunicipalityin the district ofNyonin thecantonofVaudinSwitzerland.It is located onLake Geneva.

History

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Aerial view (1964)

Prangins is first mentioned around 1135-85 asPrengins.[3]Following the fall of the Second French Empire,Prince Napoléon Bonaparteand his wife,Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy,resided in exile at Château de Prangins, whereCharles I of Austriaand his family would later take residence briefly, beginning 20 May 1919.

Geography

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Prangins has an area, as of 2009,of 6 square kilometers (2.3 sq mi). Of this area, 3.3 km2(1.3 sq mi) or 54.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.79 km2(0.31 sq mi) or 13.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.89 km2(0.73 sq mi) or 31.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2(9.9 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2(2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.[4]

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 18.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.6%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 10.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 42.6% is used for growing crops and 5.1% is pastures, while 7.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.5% is in lakes and 0.2% is in rivers and streams.[4]

The municipality was part of theNyon Districtuntil it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Prangins became part of the new district of Nyon.[5]

The municipality is located on a terrace on the north shore of the Petit-Lac portion of Lake Geneva. It consists of the village of Prangins and thehamletsof Bénex and Promenthoux.

Coat of arms

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Theblazonof the municipalcoat of armsisAzure, a Tower roofed Argent, in base three Hands of the same shaking issuant from dexter, sinister and base.[6]

Demographics

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Prangins town hall

Prangins has a population (as of December 2020) of 4,099.[7]As of 2008,26.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[8]Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 28.6%. It has changed at a rate of 19.7% due to migration and at a rate of 8.9% due to births and deaths.[9]

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaksFrench(2,439 or 77.8%), withGermanbeing second most common (248 or 7.9%) andEnglishbeing third (185 or 5.9%). There are 65 people who speakItalianand 4 people who speakRomansh.[10]

The age distribution, as of 2009,in Prangins is; 511 children or 13.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 515 teenagers or 13.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 371 people or 9.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 529 people or 13.8% are between 30 and 39, 672 people or 17.6% are between 40 and 49, and 506 people or 13.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 423 people or 11.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 210 people or 5.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 78 people or 2.0% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 10 people or 0.3% who are 90 and older.[11]

As of 2000,there were 1,300 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,589 married individuals, 85 widows or widowers and 159 individuals who are divorced.[10]

As of 2000,there were 1,259 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.[9]There were 352 households that consist of only one person and 77 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,280 households that answered this question, 27.5% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 364 married couples without children, 449 married couples with children There were 76 single parents with a child or children. There were 16 households that were made up of unrelated people and 21 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.[10]

In 2000there were 470 single family homes (or 69.7% of the total) out of a total of 674 inhabited buildings. There were 144 multi-family buildings (21.4%), along with 43 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (6.4%) and 17 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.5%).[12]

In 2000,a total of 1,184 apartments (86.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 180 apartments (13.1%) were seasonally occupied and 12 apartments (0.9%) were empty.[12]As of 2009,the construction rate of new housing units was 2 new units per 1000 residents.[9]The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010,was 0%.[9]

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

Heritage sites of national significance

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Prangins Castle

Prangins Castlewith the National Museum and the Villa Les Bleuets are listed as Swissheritage site of national significance.The entire village of Prangins is part of theInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[14]

Sights

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TheHBGfacility fortime signaltransmissions is near Prangins. Prangins also hosts one of the branches of theSwiss National Museum.TheAerodromeLa Côte(ICAO:LSGP) is situated between Prangins andGlandwhich hosted afly-inin 2009.

Politics

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In the2007 federal electionthe most popular party was theSVPwhich received 18.77% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were theSP(18.76%), theGreen Party(16.53%) and theLPS Party(13.86%). In the federal election, a total of 960 votes were cast, and thevoter turnoutwas 47.2%.[15]

Economy

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As of 2010,Prangins had an unemployment rate of 5%. As of 2008,there were 36 people employed in theprimary economic sectorand about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 746 people were employed in thesecondary sectorand there were 17 businesses in this sector. 550 people were employed in thetertiary sector,with 85 businesses in this sector.[9]There were 1,629 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.9% of the workforce.

In 2008the total number offull-time equivalentjobs was 1,227. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 25, of which 23 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 717 of which 628 or (87.6%) were in manufacturing and 89 (12.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 485. In the tertiary sector; 41 or 8.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 14 or 2.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 41 or 8.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 1.4% were in the information industry, 8 or 1.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 24 or 4.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 23 or 4.7% were in education and 134 or 27.6% were in health care.[16]

In 2000,there were 1,017 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,312 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 7.3% of the workforce coming into Prangins are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.1% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work.[17]Of the working population, 18.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 65.8% used a private car.[9]

Religion

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Church of Prangins

From the 2000 census,1,092 or 34.9% wereRoman Catholic,while 1,085 or 34.6% belonged to theSwiss Reformed Church.Of the rest of the population, there were 26members of an Orthodox church(or about 0.83% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.13% of the population) who belonged to theChristian Catholic Church,and there were 141 individuals (or about 4.50% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 9 individuals (or about 0.29% of the population) who wereJewish,and 54 (or about 1.72% of the population) who wereIslamic.There were 2 individuals who wereBuddhist,8 individuals who wereHinduand 7 individuals who belonged to another church. 542 (or about 17.30% of the population) belonged to no church, areagnosticoratheist,and 213 individuals (or about 6.80% of the population) did not answer the question.[10]

Education

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In Prangins about 1,073 or (34.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatoryupper secondary education,and 744 or (23.7%) have completed additional higher education (eitheruniversityor aFachhochschule). Of the 744 who completed tertiary schooling, 42.2% were Swiss men, 27.3% were Swiss women, 16.9% were non-Swiss men and 13.6% were non-Swiss women.[10]

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 443 students in the Prangins school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.[18]During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 1,249 children of which 563 children (45.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton'sprimary schoolprogram requires students to attend for four years. There were 243 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 196 students in those schools. There were also 4 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.[19]

Prangins is home to 1 museum, theMusée national suisse - Château de Prangins.In 2009 it was visited by 54,703 visitors (the average in previous years was 53,583).[20]

As of 2000,there were 18 students in Prangins who came from another municipality, while 293 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. ^abPranginsinGerman,FrenchandItalianin the onlineHistorical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^abSwiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics2009 data(in German)accessed 25 March 2010
  5. ^Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der SchweizArchived2015-11-13 at theWayback Machine(in German)accessed 4 April 2011
  6. ^Flags of the Worldaccessed 25-July-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 1981-2008(in German)accessed 19 June 2010
  9. ^abcdefSwiss Federal Statistical Officeaccessed 25-July-2011
  10. ^abcdeSTAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000Archived2014-04-09 at theWayback Machine(in German)accessed 2 February 2011
  11. ^Canton of Vaud Statistical Office(in French)accessed 29 April 2011
  12. ^abSwiss 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/Canton(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. ^Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010(in French)accessed 2 May 2011
  19. ^Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition(in French)accessed 2 May 2011
  20. ^Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Fréquentation de quelques musées et fondations, Vaud, 2001-2009(in French)accessed 2 May 2011
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