Avusy

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

History

Avusy is first mentioned in 1260 as Avussie.

Geography

Avusy has an area,, of. Of this area, or 68.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 8.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 21.8% is settled, or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 9.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 4.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 53.6% is used for growing crops and 8.5% is pastures, while 6.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the countryside outside Geneva. It consists of the villages of Avusy-Village, Athenaz, Sézegnin and the hamlet of Champlong. The settlement of Seingier existed between the 13th and 15th Century, but has since vanished.

The municipality of Avusy consists of the sub-sections or villages of Le Château, Les Creux-du-Loup, Le Pigeonnier, Les Gravières and Le Renfort.

Demographics

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Sights

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

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 21.23% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP, the Green Party and the SP. In the federal election, a total of 424 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.8%.
In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 874 registered voters of which 405 voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the PDC with 18.2% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the fifth highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the Libéral, they were first 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 865 registered voters of which 459 voted.
In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Avusy there were 13 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 965 registered voters of which 590 voted. Out of the 590 votes, there were 1 blank votes, 3 null or unreadable votes and 63 votes with a name that was not on the list.

Economy

, Avusy had an unemployment rate of 4%., there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 43 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 10 businesses in this sector. 72 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 31 businesses in this sector. There were 622 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.0% of the workforce.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 129. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 34, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 40 of which 10 or were in manufacturing, 17 or were in mining and 14 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 55. In the tertiary sector; 8 or 14.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 18.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 7.3% were in the information industry, 15 or 27.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 12.7% were in education and 1 was in health care.
, there were 51 workers who commuted into the municipality and 531 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 10.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 15.7% of the workforce coming into Avusy are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 11.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 74.4% used a private car.

Religion

From the, 538 or 45.7% were Roman Catholic, while 264 or 22.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church, there were 3 individuals who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 12 individuals who belonged to another Christian church. There were 4 who were Islamic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist, 2 individuals who were Hindu and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 281 belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 68 individuals did not answer the question.

Education

In Avusy about 392 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 305 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 305 who completed tertiary schooling, 42.0% were Swiss men, 38.4% were Swiss women, 11.1% were non-Swiss men and 8.5% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2009–2010 school year there were a total of 342 students in the Avusy 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 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 Avusy there were 46 students in kindergarten or primary school and 2 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 46 lower secondary students who attended school in Avusy. There were 73 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 10 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 29 students attended a private school.
, there were 5 students in Avusy who came from another municipality, while 134 residents attended schools outside the municipality.