Dommartin 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
Dommartin is first mentioned in 908 as Domno Martino villa.
Geography
Dommartin had an area, , of . Of this area, or 59.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 35.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 42.5% is used for growing crops and 15.6% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The former municipality was part of the Echallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Dommartin became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Wall with a Tower all embattled Argent masoned Sable.
Demographics
Dommartin had a population () of 266. , 8.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999-2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 4.7%. It has changed at a rate of -0.4% due to migration and at a rate of 5.1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (237 or 98.3%), with German being second most common (3 or 1.2%) and English being third (1 or 0.4%).
Of the population in the municipality 62 or about 25.7% were born in Dommartin and lived there in 2000. There were 117 or 48.5% who were born in the same canton, while 30 or 12.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 29 or 12.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 2 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 3 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man 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 9 and the non-Swiss population increased by 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of -2.7%.
The age distribution, , in Dommartin is; 30 children or 11.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 30 teenagers or 11.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 27 people or 10.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 42 people or 15.8% are between 30 and 39, 52 people or 19.5% are between 40 and 49, and 26 people or 9.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 34 people or 12.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 12 people or 4.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 12 people or 4.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 91 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 122 married individuals, 12 widows or widowers and 16 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 105 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 33 households that consist of only one person and 4 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 105 households that answered this question, 31.4% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 32 married couples without children, 34 married couples with children There were 6 single parents with a child or children.
there were 40 single family homes (or 60.6% of the total) out of a total of 66 inhabited buildings. There were 13 multi-family buildings (19.7%), along with 10 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (15.2%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.5%). Of the single family homes 22 were built before 1919, while 8 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (6) were built before 1919 and the next most (2) were built between 1981 and 1990.