Avully

Avully is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland.

History

Avully is first mentioned in 1220 as Avulie.

Geography

Avully has an area,, of. Of this area, or 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.8% is settled, or 6.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 11.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 42.7% is used for growing crops and 15.4% is pastures, while 6.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Champagne region. It consists of the settlements of Avully-Village, Epeisses, Eaumorte and Gennecy..

The municipality of Avully consists of the sub-sections or villages of La Touvière, Avully - Eaumorte, Avully - village, Avully - Gennecy and Epeisses.

Demographics

Nationality

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Sights

The entire village of Avully is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 21.79% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP, the Green Party and the LPS Party. In the federal election, a total of 491 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.3%.
In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 1,099 registered voters of which 419 voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the MCG with 22.2% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the third highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the Les Verts, they were also second in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Socialistes, they were fourth in the canton-wide election.
For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 1,094 registered voters of which 520 voted.
In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Avully there were 15 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 1,263 registered voters of which 664 voted. Out of the 664 votes, there were 9 blank votes, 2 null or unreadable votes and 65 votes with a name that was not on the list.

Economy

, Avully had an unemployment rate of 5.2%. , there were 25 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 40 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 12 businesses in this sector. 96 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 36 businesses in this sector. There were 924 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.8% of the workforce.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 135. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 19, of which 18 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 39 of which 13 or were in manufacturing and 14 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 77. In the tertiary sector; 22 or 28.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 2.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 12 or 15.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 2.6% were in the information industry, 5 or 6.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 11 or 14.3% were in education and 6 or 7.8% were in health care.
, there were 59 workers who commuted into the municipality and 811 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 13.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 16.9% of the workforce coming into Avully are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 16.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 69.4% used a private car.

Religion

From the, 551 or 31.7% were Roman Catholic, while 429 or 24.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 members of an Orthodox church, there were 4 individuals who belonged to the Christian [Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic Church], and there were 29 individuals who belonged to another Christian church. There were 7 individuals who were Jewish, and 16 who were Islamic. There were 4 individuals who were Buddhist and 7 individuals who belonged to another church. 567 belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 118 individuals did not answer the question.

Education

In Avully about 646 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 289 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 289 who completed tertiary schooling, 45.3% were Swiss men, 34.9% were Swiss women, 10.0% were non-Swiss men and 9.7% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 404 students in the Avully 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 46 children who were in a pre-kindergarten class. 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 Avully there were 74 students in kindergarten or primary school and 7 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 74 lower secondary students who attended school in Avully. There were 100 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 13 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 10 students attended a private school.
, there were 3 students in Avully who came from another municipality, while 184 residents attended schools outside the municipality.