Onnens

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Onnens | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Onnens COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Onnens Flag.svg | image_photo = Onnens.jpg | canton = Vaud | iso-code-region = CH-VD | district = [[Jura-North Vaudois District|Jura-Nord Vaudois]] |coordinates = {{coord|46|50|N|06|41|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 1425 | municipality_code = 5565 | area = 5.11 | elevation = 471|elevation_description= | population = 430|populationof=2004 | website = onnens.ch | mayor = Alain Portner|mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = Syndic |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = Les Bâveux | neighboring_municipalities= [[Bonvillars]], [[Corcelles-près-Concise]] | twintowns = |}}

'''Onnens''' ({{langx|frp|Onens}} {{IPA|frp|uˈnɛ̃||Frp-greverin-Ounin.ogg}}) 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== Onnens is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Unens''.<ref name=HDS/>

==Geography== [[File:ETH-BIB-Onnens-LBS H1-011877.tif|thumb|Aerial view (1949)]] Onnens has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|5.11|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}. Of this area, {{convert|2.13|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 41.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|2.52|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 49.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|0.48|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 9.4% 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, industrial buildings made up 2.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 47.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.8% is used for growing crops and 10.2% is pastures, while 5.7% is used for orchards or vine [[crop]]s.<ref name=BFS_land/>

The municipality was part of the [[Grandson District]] until it was [[Dissolution (politics)|dissolved]] on 31 August 2006, and Onnens 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] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113231755/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html |date=13 November 2015 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 April 2011</ref>

The municipality is located between the foot of Mont-Aubert and [[Lake Neuchatel]].

The municipalities of [[Concise, Switzerland|Concise]], [[Corcelles-près-Concise]], [[Mutrux]] and Onnens are considering a merger 1 January 2014 into the new municipality of with an, {{as of|2011|lc=on}}, undetermined name.<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 17 February 2011</ref>

==Coat of arms== The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Argent, a Crayfish Gulles declawed dexter.'' The missing [[crayfish]] claw can be found on the coat of arms of [[Montagny-pres-Yverdon]] and represents the division of the two municipalities.<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-vd123.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 9 June 2011</ref>

==Demographics== Onnens has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VD}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VD|5565}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VD}} {{as of|2008}}, 14.2% 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 18.2%. It has changed at a rate of 10.5% due to migration and at a rate of 9.2% 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 9 June 2011</ref>

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (354 or 89.2%), with [[German language|German]] being second most common (18 or 4.5%) and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] being third (8 or 2.0%). There are 6 people who speak [[Italian language|Italian]].<ref name=STAT2000/>

Of the population in the municipality 97 or about 24.4% were born in Onnens and lived there in 2000. There were 145 or 36.5% who were born in the same canton, while 73 or 18.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 62 or 15.6% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>

In {{as of|2008|alt=2008}} there were 3 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there was 1 death of a Swiss citizen and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and [[emigration]], the population of Swiss citizens increased by 2 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men and 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 2 and the non-Swiss population increased by 4 people. This represents a [[Population growth#Population growth rate|population growth rate]] of 1.3%.<ref name=HDS_superweb/>

The age distribution, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, in Onnens is; 66 children or 14.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 50 teenagers or 11.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 49 people or 10.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 70 people or 15.6% are between 30 and 39, 77 people or 17.1% are between 40 and 49, and 48 people or 10.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 54 people or 12.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 19 people or 4.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 14 people or 3.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 2 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.<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=16 March 2015 }} {{in lang|fr}} accessed 29 April 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 155 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 197 married individuals, 25 widows or widowers and 20 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=9 April 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 160 private households in the [[municipality]], and an average of 2.4 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 41 households that consist of only one person and 15 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 167 households that answered this question, 24.6% 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 59 married couples without children, 47 married couples with children There were 8 single parents with a child or children. There were 4 households that were made up of unrelated people and 7 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 64 single family homes (or 53.8% of the total) out of a total of 119 inhabited buildings. There were 27 multi-family buildings (22.7%), along with 19 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (16.0%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (7.6%). Of the single family homes 27 were built before 1919, while 6 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (12) were built before 1919 and the next most (3) were built between 1946 and 1960. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.<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=7 September 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 188 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 52. There were 5 single room apartments and 58 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 152 apartments (80.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 29 apartments (15.4%) were seasonally occupied and 7 apartments (3.7%) 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|2397|Onnens}}</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=30 September 2014 }} {{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:400 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:80 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:16 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1803 from:start till:258 text:"258" bar:1850 from:start till:328 text:"328" bar:1860 from:start till:330 text:"330" bar:1870 from:start till:348 text:"348" bar:1880 from:start till:321 text:"321" bar:1888 from:start till:346 text:"346" bar:1900 from:start till:341 text:"341" bar:1910 from:start till:326 text:"326" bar:1920 from:start till:295 text:"295" bar:1930 from:start till:311 text:"311" bar:1941 from:start till:233 text:"233" bar:1950 from:start till:275 text:"275" bar:1960 from:start till:248 text:"248" bar:1970 from:start till:223 text:"223" bar:1980 from:start till:267 text:"267" bar:1990 from:start till:330 text:"330" bar:2000 from:start till:397 text:"397" </timeline>

==Heritage sites of national significance== The [[Swiss Reformed Church|Swiss Reformed]] Church of Saint-Martin is listed as a Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage site of national significance]]. The entire village of Onnens 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=de|access-date=25 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html|archive-date=28 June 2010}}</ref>

==Politics== In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] which received 29.83% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (22.24%), the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (15.95%) and the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (8.78%). In the federal election, a total of 126 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 44.1%.<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}}, Onnens had an unemployment rate of 4.6%. {{as of|2008}}, there were 34 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 22 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 122 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 14 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 200 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.5% of the workforce.

{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 157. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 27, of which 15 were in agriculture and 12 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 20 of which 19 or (95.0%) were in manufacturing and 1 was in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 110. In the tertiary sector; 4 or 3.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 83 or 75.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 11.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 2 or 1.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 2.7% were 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=25 December 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 201 workers who commuted into the municipality and 132 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.5 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.<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=4 August 2012 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 6.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 72% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>

==Religion== From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 90 or 22.7% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 225 or 56.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 14 individuals (or about 3.53% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was [[Islam]]ic. There were 2 individuals who were [[Hinduism|Hindu]]. 48 (or about 12.09% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 24 individuals (or about 6.05% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>

==Education== In Onnens about 147 or (37.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 43 or (10.8%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 43 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.8% were Swiss men, 32.6% were Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 62 students in the Onnens (VD) 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=4 March 2016 }} {{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 39 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 23 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=25 April 2016 }} {{in lang|fr}} accessed 2 May 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 22 students in Onnens who came from another municipality, while 60 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>

==References== {{Reflist}} {{commons category}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Vaud]] [[Category:Cultural property of national significance in Vaud]]