Sugnens is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Montilliez.
History
Sugnens is first mentioned in 1177 as Sugnens.
Geography
Sugnens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, 23.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 50.2% is used for growing crops and 17.5% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Echallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Sugnens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
It consists of the village of Sugnens and the hamlets of Monteilly and Pre Morex.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, two Scytheblades addorsed counterchanged.
Demographics
Sugnens has a population () of 309. , 9.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 39.2%. It has changed at a rate of 32.4% due to migration and at a rate of 7.7% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (218 or 93.6%), with German being second most common (7 or 3.0%) and Italian being third (3 or 1.3%).
Of the population in the municipality 74 or about 31.8% were born in Sugnens and lived there in 2000. There were 101 or 43.3% who were born in the same canton, while 31 or 13.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 25 or 10.7% 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 was 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population increased by 1. 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 17 and the non-Swiss population increased by 9 people. This represents a population growth rate of 9.6%.
The age distribution, , in Sugnens is; 52 children or 16.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 33 teenagers or 10.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 23 people or 7.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 49 people or 15.9% are between 30 and 39, 54 people or 17.5% are between 40 and 49, and 40 people or 12.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 35 people or 11.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 15 people or 4.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 6 people or 1.9% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 2 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
, there were 100 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 111 married individuals, 9 widows or widowers and 13 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 62.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 89 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 20 households that consist of only one person and 7 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 93 households that answered this question, 21.5% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 23 married couples without children, 34 married couples with children There were 9 single parents with a child or children. There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 4 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.