Orny () is a municipality in the district of Morges of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Orny is first mentioned in 1011 as in Orne.
Geography
Orny has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 14.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 66.2% is used for growing crops and 8.3% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Orny became part of the new district of Morges.
The municipality is located at the entrance of the Nozon valley into the Orbe plains. It consists of the village of Orny and the settlement of Entreroches.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, in Chief Gules two Mullets of Five Or, overall a Tower Or roofed and topped with a Cross.
Demographics
Orny has a population () of . , 14.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 20.4%. It has changed at a rate of 23% due to migration and at a rate of -3.6% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (301 or 90.1%), with German being second most common (13 or 3.9%) and Portuguese being third (11 or 3.3%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.
Of the population in the municipality 95 or about 28.4% were born in Orny and lived there in 2000. There were 136 or 40.7% who were born in the same canton, while 64 or 19.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 39 or 11.7% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 4 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 10 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 8 while the foreign population increased by 4. There was 1 Swiss man who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss woman 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 3 and the non-Swiss population increased by 7 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.1%.
The age distribution, , in Orny is; 57 children or 15.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 47 teenagers or 12.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 38 people or 10.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 61 people or 16.4% are between 30 and 39, 68 people or 18.3% are between 40 and 49, and 41 people or 11.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 30 people or 8.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 19 people or 5.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 10 people or 2.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 144 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 150 married individuals, 30 widows or widowers and 10 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 110 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 23 households that consist of only one person and 14 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 112 households that answered this question, 20.5% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 29 married couples without children, 49 married couples with children There were 5 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.