Villars-le-Comte is a municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Villars-le-Comte has an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.5% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 23.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 54.4% is used for growing crops and 15.0% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Villars-le-Comte became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Quartered Gules and Vert, overall between two Swords in saltire a Crown, all Or.
Demographics
Villars-le-Comte has a population () of . , 8.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 16.3%. It has changed at a rate of 14.6% due to migration and at a rate of 1.6% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (118 or 96.7%), with German being second most common (1 or 0.8%) and Italian being third (1 or 0.8%).
Of the population in the municipality 53 or about 43.4% were born in Villars-le-Comte and lived there in 2000. There were 43 or 35.2% who were born in the same canton, while 13 or 10.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 8 or 6.6% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 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 an increase of 3 and the non-Swiss population remained the same. This represents a population growth rate of 2.1%.
The age distribution, , in Villars-le-Comte is; 15 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 21 teenagers or 14.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 10 people or 7.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 12 people or 8.4% are between 30 and 39, 22 people or 15.4% are between 40 and 49, and 25 people or 17.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 12 people or 8.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 13 people or 9.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 12 people or 8.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 38 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 71 married individuals, 9 widows or widowers and 4 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 49 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 11 households that consist of only one person and 5 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 49 households that answered this question, 22.4% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 18 married couples without children, 17 married couples with children There was one single parent with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people.
there were 27 single family homes (or 57.4% of the total) out of a total of 47 inhabited buildings. There were 5 multi-family buildings (10.6%), along with 12 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (25.5%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.4%). Of the single family homes 14 were built before 1919. The most multi-family homes (4) were built before 1919 and the next most (1) were built between 1919 and 1945.
there were 58 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 23. There were 1 single room apartments and 12 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 49 apartments (84.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 6 apartments (10.3%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (5.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart: