Ferreyres is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
History
Ferreyres is first mentioned in 814 as Forrarias. In 1011 it was mentioned as Ferrieris.
Geography
Ferreyres has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 41.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.6% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 38.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.8% is used for growing crops and 21.3% 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 Ferreyres became part of the new district of Morges.
The municipality is located on the northern slope of the Venoge valley.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Horse-shoe Or.
Demographics
Ferreyres has a population () of . , 5.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 30.3%. It has changed at a rate of 20.2% due to migration and at a rate of 10.1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (199 or 89.6%), with German being second most common (12 or 5.4%) and Italian being third (5 or 2.3%).
Of the population in the municipality 68 or about 30.6% were born in Ferreyres and lived there in 2000. There were 99 or 44.6% who were born in the same canton, while 30 or 13.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 23 or 10.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 5 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 4 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 35 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 3 people. This represents a population growth rate of 12.0%.
The age distribution, , in Ferreyres is; 36 children or 12.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 51 teenagers or 17.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 22 people or 7.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 55 people or 18.5% are between 30 and 39, 53 people or 17.8% are between 40 and 49, and 43 people or 14.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 30 people or 10.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 6 people or 2.0% are between 70 and 79, there is 1 person who is 80 and 89.
, there were 87 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 116 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 11 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 85 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 23 households that consist of only one person and 6 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 87 households that answered this question, 26.4% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 26 married couples without children, 33 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 42 single family homes (or 62.7% of the total) out of a total of 67 inhabited buildings. There were 11 multi-family buildings (16.4%), along with 12 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (17.9%) and 2 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.0%). Of the single family homes 20 were built before 1919, while 8 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (4) were built before 1919 and the next most (3) were built between 1981 and 1990. There were 2 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.