Confignon

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France Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 19.51% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party, the LPS Party and the SVP. In the federal election, a total of 1,300 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.1%. In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 2,511 registered voters of which 1,212 voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the Libéral with 18.9% 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 MCG, they were also third in the canton-wide election. For the 2009 Conseil d'État election, there were a total of 2,513 registered voters of which 1,401 voted. In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Confignon there were 19 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 2,910 registered voters of which 1,395 voted. Out of the 1,395 votes, there were 5 blank votes, 13 null or unreadable votes and 118 votes with a name that was not on the list. Economy , Confignon had an unemployment rate of 5%., there were 21 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 50 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 15 businesses in this sector. 615 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 83 businesses in this sector. There were 1,481 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.9% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 557. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 18, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 42 of which 23 or were in manufacturing and 19 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 497. In the tertiary sector; 53 or 10.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 1.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 19 or 3.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 14 or 2.8% were in the information industry, 16 or 3.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 23 or 4.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 167 or 33.6% were in education and 120 or 24.1% were in health care. , there were 424 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,309 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 9.9% of the workforce coming into Confignon are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.3% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 18.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 63.9% used a private car. Religion From the, 1,199 or 39.5% were Roman Catholic, while 731 or 24.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 26 members of an Orthodox church, there were 7 individuals who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 79 individuals who belonged to another Christian church. There were 15 individuals who were Jewish, and 28 who were Islamic. There were 4 individuals who were Buddhist, 11 individuals who were Hindu and 5 individuals who belonged to another church. 762 belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 166 individuals did not answer the question. Education In Confignon about 979 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 796 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 796 who completed tertiary schooling, 47.1% were Swiss men, 35.2% were Swiss women, 10.7% were non-Swiss men and 7.0% were non-Swiss women. During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 1,065 students in the Confignon 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 114 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 Confignon there were 169 students in kindergarten or primary school and 23 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 169 lower secondary students who attended school in Confignon. There were 228 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 35 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 81 students attended a private school. , there were 716 students in Confignon who came from another municipality, while 291 residents attended schools outside the municipality.