Mathod is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Mathod is first mentioned in 1141 as Mastod.
Geography
Mathod has an area, , of . Of this area, or 84.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 8.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.5% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 7.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 75.9% is used for growing crops and 6.2% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Yverdon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Mathod became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.
The municipality is located in the Mujon valley, a tributary of the Thielle river.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, overall on a Bend dancety Gules three Cat's heads affronty Or.
Demographics
Mathod has a population () of . , 13.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 21.8%. It has changed at a rate of 10.9% due to migration and at a rate of 10.2% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (416 or 90.6%) as their first language, with Portuguese being second most common (22 or 4.8%) and German being third (16 or 3.5%). There are 2 people who speak Italian.
The age distribution, , in Mathod is; 90 children or 16.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 73 teenagers or 13.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 68 people or 12.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 82 people or 15.0% are between 30 and 39, 87 people or 15.9% are between 40 and 49, and 56 people or 10.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 48 people or 8.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 23 people or 4.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 19 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 193 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 234 married individuals, 20 widows or widowers and 12 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 173 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 44 households that consist of only one person and 19 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 176 households that answered this question, 25.0% were households made up of just one person and there were 4 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 44 married couples without children, 68 married couples with children There were 11 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 3 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 51 single family homes (or 46.4% of the total) out of a total of 110 inhabited buildings. There were 23 multi-family buildings (20.9%), along with 28 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (25.5%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (7.3%).
, a total of 157 apartments (87.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 19 apartments (10.6%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (2.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.8 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.45%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Heritage sites of national significance
Mathod Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.66% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (17.9%), the FDP (17.6%) and the Green Party (12.81%). In the federal election, a total of 168 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.7%.