Saint-Oyens
Saint-Oyens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud located at the foot of the Jura mountains. It lies in the district of Morges. History Saint-Oyens is first mentioned in 1139 as Sancto Eugendo. By the 13th Century the church of Saint Oyens was first mentioned and it was totally rebuilt during 1877-78. Some farmhouses in the municipality are from the 18th and 19th Centuries. Geography Saint-Oyens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 38.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.9% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 36.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.9% is used for growing crops and 11.8% is pastures. The municipality was part of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Saint-Oyens became part of the new district of Morges. The municipality is located between the vineyards of La Côte and the Jura Mountains. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, in Chief Or an Eagle Sable. Demographics Saint-Oyens has a population () of . , 16.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 26.1%. It has changed at a rate of 26.5% due to migration and at a rate of -1.2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (214 or 90.3%), with German being second most common (9 or 3.8%) and English being third (8 or 3.4%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian. Of the population in the municipality 84 or about 35.4% were born in Saint-Oyens and lived there in 2000. There were 61 or 25.7% who were born in the same canton, while 53 or 22.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 33 or 13.9% were born outside of Switzerland. In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 4 non-Swiss men and 3 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 4 and the non-Swiss population increased by 9 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.7%. The age distribution, , in Saint-Oyens is; 36 children or 11.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 42 teenagers or 13.6% are between