{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = La Praz | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE La Praz COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE La Praz Flag.svg | canton = Vaud | iso-code-region = CH-VD | district = [[Jura-North Vaudois District|Jura-Nord Vaudois]] |coordinates = {{coord|46|40|N|06|26|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 1148 | municipality_code = 5758 | area = 5.13 | elevation = 871|elevation_description= | population = 138|populationof=2004 | website = | mayor = Audrey Salzmann|mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = Syndic |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = Les Pratoux<br />Lè Grezale | neighboring_municipalities= [[Juriens]], [[Moiry (Vaud)|Moiry]], [[Mont-la-Ville]] | twintowns = |}}
'''La Praz''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Jura-North Vaudois District|Jura-Nord Vaudois]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Vaud]] in [[Switzerland]].
==History== La Praz is first mentioned in 1276 as ''li Pra''.<ref name=HDS/>
==Geography== La Praz has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|5.1|km2|mi2|sp=us}}. Of this area, {{convert|2.34|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 45.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|2.61|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 51.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|0.17|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 3.3% is settled (buildings or roads).<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 48.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 11.3% is used for growing crops and 18.9% is pastures and 15.0% is used for alpine pastures.<ref name=BFS_land/>
The municipality was part of the [[Orbe District]] until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and La Praz became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.<ref name=Mutation>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 April 2011</ref>
The municipality consists of the [[linear village]] of La Praz.
==Coat of arms== The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Argent, a cross Sable, overall crossed in saltire a key and sword Gules.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-vd273.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 27-July-2011</ref>
==Demographics== La Praz has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VD}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VD|5758}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VD}} {{as of|2008}}, 3.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=HDS_superweb>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628151016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |date=2010-06-28 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref> Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 26.9%. It has changed at a rate of 23.8% due to migration and at a rate of 2.3% due to births and deaths.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=2016-01-05 }} accessed 27-July-2011</ref>
Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (111 or 94.9%), with [[German language|German]] being second most common (5 or 4.3%) and [[English language|English]] being third (1 or 0.9%).<ref name=STAT2000/>
The age distribution, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, in La Praz is; 22 children or 13.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 25 teenagers or 15.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 20 people or 12.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 22 people or 13.3% are between 30 and 39, 22 people or 13.3% are between 40 and 49, and 22 people or 13.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 14 people or 8.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 11 people or 6.7% are between 70 and 79, there are 7 people or 4.2% who are between 80 and 89.<ref name=Vaud_Pop_Stats>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316091212/http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 |date=2015-03-16 }} {{in lang|fr}} accessed 29 April 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 46 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 57 married individuals, 10 widows or widowers and 4 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=2013-08-09 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 50 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 16 households that consist of only one person and 4 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 51 households that answered this question, 31.4% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 14 married couples without children, 14 married couples with children There were 5 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 31 single family homes (or 60.8% of the total) out of a total of 51 inhabited buildings. There were 7 multi-family buildings (13.7%), along with 11 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (21.6%) and 2 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.9%).<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-09-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 48 apartments (76.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 10 apartments (15.9%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (7.9%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/> {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/> The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0%.<ref name=SFSO/>
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2541|La Praz}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=2014-09-30 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref> <timeline> Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1200 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:250 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:50 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:10 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1330 from:start till:96 bar:1330 at:106 fontsize:S text: "[[Hearth tax|24 Hearths]]" shift:(8,5) bar:1529 from:start till:24 bar:1529 at:34 fontsize:S text: "6 Hearths" shift:(8,5) bar:1550 from:start till:32 bar:1550 at:42 fontsize:S text: "8 Hearths" shift:(8,5) bar:1764 from:start till:104 text:"104" bar:1803 from:start till:143 text:"143" bar:1850 from:start till:247 text:"247" bar:1860 from:start till:236 text:"236" bar:1870 from:start till:215 text:"215" bar:1880 from:start till:220 text:"220" bar:1888 from:start till:239 text:"239" bar:1900 from:start till:208 text:"208" bar:1910 from:start till:184 text:"184" bar:1920 from:start till:165 text:"165" bar:1930 from:start till:153 text:"153" bar:1941 from:start till:171 text:"171" bar:1950 from:start till:139 text:"139" bar:1960 from:start till:126 text:"126" bar:1970 from:start till:102 text:"102" bar:1980 from:start till:120 text:"120" bar:1990 from:start till:120 text:"120" bar:2000 from:start till:117 text:"117" </timeline>
==Politics== In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 36.84% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (16.18%), the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (12.67%) and the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (11.89%). In the federal election, a total of 59 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 51.3%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514211354/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html |date=2015-05-14 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>
==Economy== {{as of|2010|In 2010}}, La Praz had an unemployment rate of 5.2%. {{as of|2008}}, there were 11 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person was employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there was 1 business in this sector. 4 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 3 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 59 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.7% of the workforce.
{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 14. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 9, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1, all of which were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 50.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, .<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-12-25 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 37 workers who commuted away from the municipality.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=2012-08-04 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 1.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 71.2% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
==Religion== From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 12 or 10.3% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 83 or 70.9% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 10 individuals (or about 8.55% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 9 (or about 7.69% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 8 individuals (or about 6.84% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education== In La Praz about 54 or (46.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 9 or (7.7%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 9 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.6% were Swiss men, 44.4% were Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 22 students in the La Praz school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.<ref>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomId=1990 Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075019/http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomId=1990 |date=2016-03-04 }} {{in lang|fr}} accessed 2 May 2011</ref> 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 11 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 11 students in those schools.<ref name=Vaud_Education>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2403 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425115309/http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2403 |date=2016-04-25 }} {{in lang|fr}} accessed 2 May 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 18 students from La Praz who attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
{{Municipalities of the district of Jura-Nord vaudois}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Praz}} [[Category:Municipalities of Vaud]]