Cartigny, Switzerland

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UK Sights The entire village of Cartigny is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the LPS Party which received 22.55% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP, the Green Party and the SVP. In the federal election, a total of 316 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 64.2%. In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 518 registered voters of which 289 voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the Libéral with 24.4% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the 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 517 registered voters of which 342 voted. Economy , Cartigny had an unemployment rate of 2.3%. , there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 79 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 11 businesses in this sector. 161 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 25 businesses in this sector. There were 391 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.5% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 244. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 22, of which 17 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 77 of which 21 or were in manufacturing and 56 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 145. In the tertiary sector; 18 or 12.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 16 or 11.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 8 or 5.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 2.8% were in education and 1 was in health care. , there were 144 workers who commuted into the municipality and 310 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 17.4% of the workforce coming into Cartigny are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 11.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 68% used a private car. Religion From the, 218 or 29.1% were Roman Catholic, while 276 or 36.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church, and there were 13 individuals who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals who were Jewish, and 3 who were Islamic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist, 1 person who was Hindu and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 188 belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 43 individuals did not answer the question. Education In Cartigny about 265 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 208 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 208 who completed tertiary schooling, 39.9% were Swiss men, 34.6% were Swiss women, 13.0% were non-Swiss men and 12.5% were non-Swiss women. During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 201 students in the Cartigny 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 16 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 Cartigny there were 24 students in kindergarten or primary school and - 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 24 lower secondary students who attended school in Cartigny. There were 49 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 8 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 32 students attended a private school. , there were 6 students in Cartigny who came from another municipality, while 76 residents attended schools outside the municipality.