Syens is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Syens is first mentioned in 1018 as Ciens.
Geography
Syens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.0% is used for growing crops and 10.7% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Syens became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
The municipality is located south of Moudon. It consists of the village of Syens and the hamlet of Bressonnaz.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gyrrony of Eight, a Buch Or, in chief a Mullet of Five of the same.
Demographics
Syens has a population () of . , 15.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0.8%. It has changed at a rate of -2.3% due to migration and at a rate of 5.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (101 or 86.3%), with German being second most common (10 or 8.5%) and English being third (2 or 1.7%).
Of the population in the municipality 30 or about 25.6% were born in Syens and lived there in 2000. There were 40 or 34.2% who were born in the same canton, while 24 or 20.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 23 or 19.7% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 1 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.0%.
The age distribution, , in Syens is; 7 children or 5.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 15 teenagers or 11.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 19 people or 14.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 18 people or 14.0% are between 30 and 39, 18 people or 14.0% are between 40 and 49, and 22 people or 17.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 17 people or 13.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 8 people or 6.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 4 people or 3.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 43 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 60 married individuals, 7 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 53 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 16 households that consist of only one person and 1 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 53 households that answered this question, 30.2% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 20 married couples without children, 16 married couples with children There was one single parent with a child or children.
there were 22 single family homes (or 52.4% of the total) out of a total of 42 inhabited buildings. There were 3 multi-family buildings (7.1%), along with 13 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (31.0%) and 4 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (9.5%). Of the single family homes 13 were built before 1919, while 3 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of multi-family homes (1) were built before 1919 and again between 1991 and 1995
there were 59 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 16. There were 1 single room apartments and 25 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 52 apartments (88.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2 apartments (3.4%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (8.5%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 7.8 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.67%.
The historical population is given in the following chart: