{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Molondin | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Molondin COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Molondin Flag.svg | image_photo = Molondin.jpg | canton = Vaud | iso-code-region = CH-VD | district = [[Jura-North Vaudois District|Jura-Nord Vaudois]] |coordinates = {{coord|46|46|N|6|45|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 1415 | municipality_code = 5921 | area = 5.53 | elevation = 611|elevation_description= | population = 196|populationof=2003 | website = www.molondin.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = Syndic |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Chavannes-le-Chêne]], [[Chêne-Pâquier]], [[Démoret]], [[Donneloye]], [[Mézery-près-Donneloye]], [[Prahins]], [[Rovray]], [[Yvonand]] | twintowns = |}}
'''Molondin''' is a [[municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Jura-North Vaudois District|Jura-Nord Vaudois]] of the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Vaud]] in [[Switzerland]].
==History== Molondin is first mentioned in 1380 as ''Mollondens'' and ''Mollendens''.<ref name=HDS/>
==Geography== Molondin has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|5.5|km2|mi2|sp=us}}. Of this area, {{convert|3.65|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 66.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|1.62|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 29.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|0.24|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 4.4% 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 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 27.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 59.0% is used for growing crops and 6.7% is pastures.<ref name=BFS_land/>
The municipality was part of the [[Yverdon District]] until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Molondin 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 village is located on a plateau, south-west of Vallon des Vaux.
==Coat of arms== The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Bendy of Eight Azure and Or, a Tower with a Wall to sinister embatteled Argent masoned Sable.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-vd375.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 23-August-2011</ref>
==Demographics== Molondin has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VD}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VD|5921}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VD}} {{as of|2008}}, 11.8% 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] {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref> Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.8%. It has changed at a rate of 9.9% due to migration and at a rate of -2.1% 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] accessed 23-August-2011</ref>
Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (172 or 95.0%) as their first language, with [[German language|German]] being second most common (7 or 3.9%) and [[English language|English]] being third (1 or 0.6%).<ref name=STAT2000/>
The age distribution, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, in Molondin is; 18 children or 8.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 31 teenagers or 15.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 19 people or 9.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 29 people or 14.1% are between 30 and 39, 36 people or 17.6% are between 40 and 49, and 21 people or 10.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 27 people or 13.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 11 people or 5.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 11 people or 5.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 2 people or 1.0% who are 90 and older.<ref name=Vaud_Pop_Stats>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office] {{in lang|fr}} accessed 29 April 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 82 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 86 married individuals, 11 widows or widowers and 2 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/20140409212530/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=2014-04-09 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 71 private households in the village, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 18 households that consist of only one person and 6 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 71 households that answered this question, 25.4% 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 20 married couples without children, 26 married couples with children There were 4 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 37 single family homes (or 56.1% of the total) out of a total of 66 inhabited buildings. There were 7 multi-family buildings (10.6%), along with 19 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (28.8%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.5%).<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 67 apartments (80.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 11 apartments (13.3%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (6.0%) 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 village, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0%.<ref name=SFSO/>
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2642|Molondin}}</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:1020 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:360 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:70 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:14 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1803 from:start till:200 text:"200" bar:1850 from:start till:327 text:"327" bar:1860 from:start till:332 text:"332" bar:1870 from:start till:313 text:"313" bar:1880 from:start till:313 text:"313" bar:1888 from:start till:315 text:"315" bar:1900 from:start till:330 text:"330" bar:1910 from:start till:327 text:"327" bar:1920 from:start till:353 text:"353" bar:1930 from:start till:286 text:"286" bar:1941 from:start till:294 text:"294" bar:1950 from:start till:250 text:"250" bar:1960 from:start till:201 text:"201" bar:1970 from:start till:179 text:"179" bar:1980 from:start till:166 text:"166" bar:1990 from:start till:188 text:"188" bar:2000 from:start till:181 text:"181" </timeline>
==Heritage sites of national significance== [[File:Tour Saint-Martin 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Tower of Saint Martin]] The castle ruins and abandoned settlement at Saint-Martin-Du-Chêne is listed as a Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage site of national significance]]. The entire village of Molondin is part of the [[Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html|title=Kantonsliste A-Objekte|year=2009|work=KGS Inventar|publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection|language=German|accessdate=25 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html|archivedate=28 June 2010}}</ref>
==Politics== In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 41.64% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (22.66%), the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (14.84%) and the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (6.65%). In the federal election, a total of 64 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 45.7%.<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''] {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>
==Economy== {{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Molondin had an unemployment rate of 2.2%. {{as of|2008}}, there were 56 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 7 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 23 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 5 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 83 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.6% of the workforce.
{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 60. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 32, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 6 of which 2 or (33.3%) were in manufacturing and 4 (66.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 22. In the tertiary sector; 17 or 77.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 9.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 9.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 1 was in education.<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 9 workers who commuted into the village and 42 workers who commuted away. The village is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.7 workers leaving the village for every one entering.<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, 4.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 47% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
==Religion== From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 20 or 11.0% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 129 or 71.3% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 19 individuals (or about 10.50% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 16 (or about 8.84% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 3 individuals (or about 1.66% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education== In Molondin about 64 or (35.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 17 or (9.4%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 17 who completed tertiary schooling, 52.9% were Swiss men, 35.3% were Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 31 students in the Molondin 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] {{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 14 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 17 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] {{in lang|fr}} accessed 2 May 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 4 students in Molondin who came from another village, while 30 residents attended schools outside the village.<ref name=commuter/>
==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{commons category}}
{{Municipalities of the district of Jura-Nord vaudois}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Municipalities of Vaud]] [[Category:Cultural property of national significance in Vaud]]