Lovatens () is a municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Lovatens is first mentioned between 996 and 1017 as Lovatingis.
Geography
Lovatens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 78.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.7% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 16.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 60.8% is used for growing crops and 17.0% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Lovatens became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
The municipality is located to the right of the Broye river. It consists of the village of Lovatens and the hamlets of Colans and Prassy.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Argent and Gules, overall a Minerva's head Or.
Demographics
Lovatens has a population () of . , 0.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0.7%. It has changed at a rate of 4.9% due to migration and at a rate of -4.9% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (140 or 92.7%), with German being second most common (7 or 4.6%) and English being third (3 or 2.0%).
Of the population in the municipality 57 or about 37.7% were born in Lovatens and lived there in 2000. There were 52 or 34.4% who were born in the same canton, while 27 or 17.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 12 or 7.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were live births to Swiss citizens and were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 3 while the foreign population remained the same. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 8 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of -6.2%.
The age distribution, , in Lovatens is; 17 children or 11.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 18 teenagers or 12.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 16 people or 11.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 15 people or 10.5% are between 30 and 39, 27 people or 18.9% are between 40 and 49, and 14 people or 9.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 16 people or 11.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 12 people or 8.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 5 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 2.1% who are 90 and older.
, there were 69 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 64 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 10 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 58 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 17 households that consist of only one person and 6 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 59 households that answered this question, 28.8% 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 12 married couples without children, 22 married couples with children There were 5 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 26 single family homes (or 54.2% of the total) out of a total of 48 inhabited buildings. There were 3 multi-family buildings (6.3%), along with 17 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (35.4%) and 2 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.2%). Of the single family homes 17 were built before 1919, while 2 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (3) were built before 1919 and the next most () were built between 1919 and 1945.