Prilly () is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. It is one of the western suburbs of the city of Lausanne.
History
Prilly is first mentioned around 976-77 as . By 1185 it was known as Prillie.
Geography
Prilly has an area, , of (depending on calculation method). Of this area, or 11.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 6.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 82.2% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 51.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 15.1%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 9.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 7.8% is used for growing crops and 2.7% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Lausanne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Prilly became part of the new district of Ouest Lausannois.
The village of Prilly is developed along the Lausanne-Jougne street and is now part of the agglomeration of Lausanne. It consists of the village of Prilly and the hamlets of Le Chasseur, La Fleur-de-Lys and L'Union, all three of which developed along the Prilly-Neuchâtel road.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Party gules and vert, a fleur de lys or, overall.
Demographics
Prilly has a population () of . , 36.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 7.5%. It has changed at a rate of 6.1% due to migration and at a rate of 2.9% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (8,774 or 80.1%), with Italian being second most common (503 or 4.6%) and German being third (364 or 3.3%). There are 6 people who speak Romansh.
Of the population in the municipality 1,716 or about 15.7% were born in Prilly and lived there in 2000. There were 3,455 or 31.5% who were born in the same canton, while 1,738 or 15.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 3,635 or 33.2% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 67 live births to Swiss citizens and 69 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 90 deaths of Swiss citizens and 20 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 23 while the foreign population increased by 49. There were 2 Swiss men and 3 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 149 non-Swiss men and 128 non-Swiss women 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 38 and the non-Swiss population increased by 194 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.1%.
The age distribution, , in Prilly is; 1,110 children or 9.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,081 teenagers or 9.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,528 people or 13.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 1,710 people or 15.3% are between 30 and 39, 1,612 people or 14.4% are between 40 and 49, and 1,239 people or 11.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 1,211 people or 10.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 991 people or 8.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 619 people or 5.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 99 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.
, there were 4,181 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 5,160 married individuals, 795 widows or widowers and 819 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 5,437 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.0 persons per household. There were 2,432 households that consist of only one person and 174 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 5,531 households that answered this question, 44.0% were households made up of just one person and there were 20 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 1,410 married couples without children, 1,194 married couples with children. There were 279 single parents with a child or children. There were 102 households that were made up of unrelated people and 94 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.