Bretigny-sur-Morrens (, literally Bretigny on Morrens) is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Bretigny-sur-Morrens is first mentioned in 1224 as Britignie.
Geography
Bretigny-sur-Morrens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.8% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 43.0% is used for growing crops and 19.6% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Echallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bretigny-sur-Morrens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend sinister Argent and Gules, a ram rampant counterchanged.
Demographics
Bretigny-sur-Morrens has a population () of . , 9.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 31.4%. It has changed at a rate of 14.3% due to migration and at a rate of 17.3% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (535 or 95.0%), with German being second most common (19 or 3.4%) and Italian being third (3 or 0.5%).
Of the population in the municipality 119 or about 21.1% were born in Bretigny-sur-Morrens and lived there in 2000. There were 279 or 49.6% who were born in the same canton, while 82 or 14.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 73 or 13.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 15 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 11 while the foreign population increased by 1. At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men 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 4 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 4 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.0%.
The age distribution, , in Bretigny-sur-Morrens is; 114 children or 15.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 87 teenagers or 12.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 75 people or 10.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 137 people or 18.8% are between 30 and 39, 122 people or 16.8% are between 40 and 49, and 81 people or 11.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 68 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 29 people or 4.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 12 people or 1.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
, there were 240 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 257 married individuals, 25 widows or widowers and 41 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 228 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 57 households that consist of only one person and 13 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 234 households that answered this question, 24.4% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 67 married couples without children, 77 married couples with children There were 21 single parents with a child or children. There were 6 households that were made up of unrelated people and 6 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 50 single family homes (or 49.5% of the total) out of a total of 101 inhabited buildings. There were 32 multi-family buildings (31.7%), along with 16 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (15.8%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.0%). Of the single family homes 9 were built before 1919, while 5 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (15) were built between 1971 and 1980. The most multi-family homes (7) were built between 1981 and 1990 and the next most (6) were built before 1919. There were 5 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.