Ogens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Ogens is first mentioned in 1166 as Ogens.
Geography
, Ogens has an area of . Of this area, or 61.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, 28.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 49.3% is used for growing crops and 11.7% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Ogens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
The municipality is located between Echallens and Payerne. It consists of the linear village of Ogens, on a plateau along the right bank of the Mentue river.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Gules and Vert, overall a Billy-goat rampant Argent.
Demographics
Ogens has a population () of . , 6.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 14.3%. It has changed at a rate of 7.8% due to migration and at a rate of 6.9% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (219 or 96.5%) with the rest speaking German
Of the population in the municipality 71 or about 31.3% were born in Ogens and lived there in 2000. There were 99 or 43.6% who were born in the same canton, while 32 or 14.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 16 or 7.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 2 while the foreign population increased by 1. At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men and 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 14 and the non-Swiss population increased by 4 people. This represents a population growth rate of -3.9%.
The age distribution, , in Ogens is; 34 children or 12.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 31 teenagers or 11.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 30 people or 11.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 46 people or 17.4% are between 30 and 39, 37 people or 14.0% are between 40 and 49, and 32 people or 12.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 23 people or 8.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 21 people or 8.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 10 people or 3.8% who are between 80 and 89.
, there were 89 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 103 married individuals, 13 widows or widowers and 22 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 82 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 14 households that consist of only one person and 7 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 84 households that answered this question, 16.7% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 25 married couples without children, 35 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.
there were 49 single family homes (or 65.3% of the total) out of a total of 75 inhabited buildings. There were 10 multi-family buildings (13.3%), along with 15 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (20.0%) and 1 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (1.3%). Of the single family homes 29 were built before 1919, while 5 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (7) were built before 1919 and the next most (1) were built between 1919 and 1945. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.