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Broye-Vully District
Broye-Vully District is a district in Vaud Canton in Switzerland.
Geography
Broye-Vully has an area,, of 264.99 km2. Of this area, 173.61 km2 or 65.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 56.85 km2 or 21.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 29.29 km2 or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 5.19 km2 or 2.0% is unproductive land.
Demographics
Broye-Vully has a population of. In there were 280 live births to Swiss citizens and 116 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 277 deaths of Swiss citizens and 19 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 97. There were 41 Swiss men and 62 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 263 non-Swiss men and 274 non-Swiss women 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 382 and the non-Swiss population increased by 442 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.4%. The age distribution in Broye-Vully,, was as follows:
Mergers and name changes
On 1 September 2006, the Avenches district (District d'Avenches), Moudon district (District de Moudon), (District d'Oron) and Payerne district (District de Payerne) were all dissolved and merged into the Broye-Vully district.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.09% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (22.1%), the SP (19.16%) and the Green Party (9.97%). In the federal election, a total of 9,180 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.1%.
Municipalities
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