Aire-la-Ville

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France Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.22% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP, the Green Party and the FDP. In the federal election, a total of 333 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.8%. In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 656 registered voters of which 310 voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the MCG with 17.0% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the third highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the PDC, they were fifth in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Radicaux, they were sixth in the canton-wide election. For the 2009 Conseil d'État election, there were a total of 660 registered voters of which 383 voted. In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Aire-la-Ville there were 13 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 790 registered voters of which 424 voted. Out of the 424 votes, there were 8 null or unreadable votes and 53 votes with a name that was not on the list. Economy , Aire-la-Ville had an unemployment rate of 7.6%., there were 6 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 152 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 9 businesses in this sector. 20 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector. There were 373 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 175. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 5, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 151 of which 2 or were in manufacturing and 13 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 19. In the tertiary sector; 5 or 26.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 42.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 5 or 26.3% were in education. , there were 189 workers who commuted into the municipality and 322 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 2.1% of the workforce coming into Aire-la-Ville are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 10.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.7% used a private car. Religion From the, 357 or 48.5% were Roman Catholic, while 142 or 19.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 members of an Orthodox church, and there were 5 individuals who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals who were Jewish, and there was 1 individual who was Islamic. There were 3 individuals who were Buddhist and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 162 belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 59 individuals did not answer the question. Education In Aire-la-Ville about 225 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 158 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 158 who completed tertiary schooling, 46.2% were Swiss men, 30.4% were Swiss women, 13.3% were non-Swiss men and 10.1% were non-Swiss women. During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 259 students in the Aire-la-Ville school system. The education system in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten. During that school year, there were 32 children who were too young for kindergarten. The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In Aire-la-Ville there were 32 students in kindergarten or primary school and 6 students were in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 32 lower secondary students who attended school in Aire-la-Ville. There were 70 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 6 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 19 students attended a private school. , there were 3 students in Aire-la-Ville who came from another municipality, while 82 residents attended schools outside the municipality.