Perly-Certoux

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Portugal Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 21.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP, the Green Party and the LPS Party. In the federal election, a total of 727 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.2%. In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 1,636 registered voters of which 654 voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the Libéral with 17.1% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the MCG, they were third in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Verts, they were second in the canton-wide election. For the 2009 Conseil d'État election, there were a total of 1,628 registered voters of which 749 voted. In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Perly-Certoux there were 17 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 2,075 registered voters of which 862 voted. Out of the 862 votes, there were 10 blank votes, 6 null or unreadable votes and 92 votes with a name that was not on the list. Economy , Perly-Certoux had an unemployment rate of 5%., there were 33 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 564 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 35 businesses in this sector. 641 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 99 businesses in this sector. There were 1,557 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 1,167. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 27, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 552 of which 418 or were in manufacturing and 134 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 588. In the tertiary sector; 185 or 31.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 11 or 1.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 29 or 4.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 176 or 29.9% were in the information industry, 4 or 0.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 123 or 20.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 22 or 3.7% were in education and 14 or 2.4% were in health care. , there were 721 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,346 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 19.8% of the workforce coming into Perly-Certoux are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.0% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 16.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 68.1% used a private car. Religion From the, 1,293 or 46.5% were Roman Catholic, while 506 or 18.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 11 members of an Orthodox church, there were 2 individuals who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 32 individuals who belonged to another Christian church. There were 4 individuals who were Jewish, and 55 who were Islamic. There were 3 individuals who were Buddhist and 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 655 belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 219 individuals did not answer the question. Education In Perly-Certoux about 1,048 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 521 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 521 who completed tertiary schooling, 42.4% were Swiss men, 36.5% were Swiss women, 14.0% were non-Swiss men and 7.1% were non-Swiss women. During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 594 students in the Perly-Certoux 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 48 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 Perly-Certoux there were 84 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 84 lower secondary students who attended school in Perly-Certoux. There were 136 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 32 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 25 students attended a private school. , there were 34 students in Perly-Certoux who came from another municipality, while 265 residents attended schools outside the municipality.