{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Rovray | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Rovray COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Rovray Flag.svg | image_photo = Rovray.JPG | canton = Vaud | iso-code-region = CH-VD | district = [[Jura-North Vaudois District|Jura-Nord Vaudois]] |coordinates = {{coord|46|47|N|6|46|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 1463 | municipality_code = 5928 | area = 3.21 | elevation = 650|elevation_description= | population = 129|populationof=2003 | website = http://www.rovray.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = Syndic |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Chavannes-le-Chêne]], [[Cheyres]] (FR), [[Molondin]], [[Yvonand]] | twintowns = |}}
'''Rovray''' 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== Rovray is first mentioned around 1403–1409 as ''Roueraye''.<ref name=HDS/> Arrissoules is first mentioned in 1148 as ''Arresules''.<ref name=HDS_Ar/> On 1 January 2005 the former municipality of Arrissoules merged into the municipality of Rovray, which kept the name Rovray.<ref name=Mutation/>
==Geography== Rovray has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|3.2|km2|mi2|sp=us}}. Of this area, {{convert|2.37|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 74.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|0.61|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 19.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|0.21|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 6.6% 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 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 55.9% is used for growing crops and 16.6% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.<ref name=BFS_land/>
The municipality was part of the [[Yverdon District]] until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Rovray 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=2015-11-13 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 April 2011</ref>
The municipality is located above the shore of [[Lake Neuchatel]]. It consists of the villages of Rovray and Arrissoules.
==Coat of arms== The municipal [[coat of arms]] was created on 1 January 2005 when Rovray and Arrissoules merged. It includes the ''Azure semee of Acorns Argent, a Buck salient Or'' from Rovray and the ''Paly of six Azure and Or, a linden tree proper overall'' from Arrissoules. The tunnel represents the Arrissoules motorway tunnel.<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-vd382.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 23-August-2011</ref>
==Demographics== Rovray has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VD}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VD|5928}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VD}} {{as of|2008}}, 5.2% 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 5.4%. It has changed at a rate of 10.1% due to migration and at a rate of -5.4% 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]] (86 or 98.9%) as their first language with the rest speaking [[English language|English]]<ref name=STAT2000/>
The age distribution, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, in Rovray is; 13 children or 9.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 18 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 15 people or 11.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 19 people or 14.0% are between 30 and 39, 22 people or 16.2% are between 40 and 49, and 17 people or 12.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 16 people or 11.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 6 people or 4.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 8 people or 5.9% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 2 people or 1.5% 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 34 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 45 married individuals, 1 widows or widowers and 7 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 51 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 8 households that consist of only one person and 2 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 36 households that answered this question, 22.2% 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 14 married couples without children, 12 married couples with children<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 9 single family homes (or 30.0% of the total) out of a total of 30 inhabited buildings. There were 2 multi-family buildings (6.7%), along with 16 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (53.3%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (10.0%).<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 35 apartments (85.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 5 apartments (12.2%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was 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|2649|Rovray}}</ref><ref name=HDS_Ar>{{HDS|2622|Arrissoules}}</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:1100 height:500 PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100 Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:190 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:40 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:8 start:0 Colors= id:AR value:green legend:Arrissoules id:RO value:yellow legend:Rovray id:CO value:yellowgreen legend:Combined_Rovray_and_Arrissoules PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1764 from:start till:52 text:"52" color:AR bar:1803 from:start till:99 text:"99" color:RO bar:1850 from:start till:76 text:"76" color:AR bar:1860 from:start till:161 text:"161" color:CO bar:1870 from:start till:131 text:"131" color:CO bar:1880 from:start till:159 text:"159" color:CO bar:1888 from:start till:141 text:"141" color:CO bar:1900 from:start till:76 text:"76" color:AR bar:1910 from:start till:148 text:"148" color:CO bar:1920 from:start till:152 text:"152" color:CO bar:1930 from:start till:118 text:"118" color:CO bar:1941 from:start till:115 text:"115" color:CO bar:1950 from:start till:50 text:"50" color:AR bar:1960 from:start till:84 text:"84" color:CO bar:1970 from:start till:80 text:"80" color:CO bar:1980 from:start till:26 text:"26" color:AR bar:1990 from:start till:90 text:"90" color:CO bar:2000 from:start till:37 text:"37" color:AR bar:1850 from:76 till:183 text:"107" color:RO bar:1900 from:76 till:158 text:"82" color:RO bar:1950 from:50 till:96 text:"46" color:RO bar:1980 from:26 till:84 text:"58" color:RO bar:2000 from:37 till:87 text:"50" color:RO </timeline>
==Politics== In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 45.24% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (21.85%), the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (11.84%) and the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (7.7%). In the federal election, a total of 60 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 64.5%.<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}}, Rovray had an unemployment rate of 1.2%. {{as of|2008}}, there were 30 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] or the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]].<ref name=SFSO/> There were 50 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.0% of the workforce.
{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 22. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 22, all of which were in agriculture. There were no jobs in the secondary or tertiary sectors.<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 31 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, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.4% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
==Religion== From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 6 or 6.9% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 72 or 82.8% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 individuals (or about 6.90% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 4 (or about 4.60% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 2 individuals (or about 2.30% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education== In Rovray about 36 or (41.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 14 or (16.1%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 14 who completed tertiary schooling, 42.9% were Swiss men, 42.9% were Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 13 students in the Rovray 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 6 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 7 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 16 students from Rovray who attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Rovray}} *{{HDS|2622|Arrissoules}}
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