Longirod is a municipality in the Swiss canton Vaud, located in the district of Nyon.
History
Longirod is first mentioned in 1267 as Longirot.
Geography
Longirod has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 57.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 55.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.5% is used for growing crops and 9.6% is pastures and 4.0% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality was part of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Longirod became part of the new district of Nyon.
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains along the road to Col du Marchairuz. It consists of the village of Longirod and scattered individual farm houses.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, from a Mount Vert rising three Pine-trees of the same.
Demographics
Longirod has a population () of . , 18.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 20.2%. It has changed at a rate of 12.4% due to migration and at a rate of 8.4% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (287 or 83.4%), with German being second most common (30 or 8.7%) and English being third (16 or 4.7%). There are 5 people who speak Italian.
Of the population in the municipality 119 or about 34.6% were born in Longirod and lived there in 2000. There were 67 or 19.5% who were born in the same canton, while 102 or 29.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 49 or 14.2% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 7 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there was 1 death of a Swiss citizen and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 6 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man 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 an increase of 1 and the non-Swiss population increased by 12 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.3%.
The age distribution, , in Longirod is; 62 children or 14.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 51 teenagers or 11.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 40 people or 9.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 63 people or 14.8% are between 30 and 39, 67 people or 15.7% are between 40 and 49, and 56 people or 13.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 43 people or 10.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 25 people or 5.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 14 people or 3.3% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 6 people or 1.4% who are 90 and older.
, there were 134 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 180 married individuals, 17 widows or widowers and 13 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 134 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 37 households that consist of only one person and 10 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 140 households that answered this question, 26.4% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 43 married couples without children, 47 married couples with children There were 5 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 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 87 single family homes (or 67.4% of the total) out of a total of 129 inhabited buildings. There were 12 multi-family buildings (9.3%), along with 24 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (18.6%) and 6 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.7%). Of the single family homes 22 were built before 1919, while 8 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (23) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (5) were built before 1919 and the next most (3) were built between 1971 and 1980.