Neyruz, Switzerland

Neyruz is first mentioned in 1137 as Nuerus. In 1138 it was mentioned as Nuruos. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Rauschenbach, however, that name is no longer used. ==Geography==

Neyruz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 57.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 40.8% is used for growing crops and 16.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Sarine district, on the left bank of the Glane river. ==Coat of arms==

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Bar Gules couped in bend sinister between three Roses of the same seeded proper. ==Demographics==

Neyruz has a population () of . , 13.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 33.5%. Migration accounted for 26.9%, while births and deaths accounted for 8.7%. Most of the population () speaks French (1,498 or 89.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (113 or 6.8%) and Italian is the third (12 or 0.7%). There are 3 people who speak Romansh. Of the population in the municipality, 449 or about 27.0% were born in Neyruz and lived there in 2000. There were 733 or 44.0% who were born in the same canton, while 250 or 15.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 186 or 11.2% were born outside of Switzerland. , there were 594 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.2 new units per 1000 residents. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1020 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1700 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:300 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:60 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1811 from:start till:267 text:"267" bar:1850 from:start till:444 text:"444" bar:1860 from:start till:481 text:"481" bar:1870 from:start till:427 text:"427" bar:1880 from:start till:498 text:"498" bar:1888 from:start till:502 text:"502" bar:1900 from:start till:555 text:"555" bar:1910 from:start till:620 text:"620" bar:1920 from:start till:604 text:"604" bar:1930 from:start till:584 text:"584" bar:1941 from:start till:565 text:"565" bar:1950 from:start till:593 text:"593" bar:1960 from:start till:571 text:"571" bar:1970 from:start till:654 text:"654" bar:1980 from:start till:951 text:"951" bar:1990 from:start till:1053 text:"1,053" bar:2000 from:start till:1666 text:"1,666" ==Politics==

In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 36.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (17.6%), the SVP (16.2%) and the FDP (8.6%). The SPS received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (34.4% in 2007 vs 36.8% in 2011). The CVP retained about the same popularity (21.2% in 2007), the SVP retained about the same popularity (16.8% in 2007) and the FDP retained about the same popularity (13.0% in 2007). A total of 699 votes were cast in this election, of which 12 or 1.7% were invalid. ==Economy==

, Neyruz had an unemployment rate of 2.3%. , there were 27 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 72 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 13 businesses in this sector. 150 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 32 businesses in this sector. , there were 74 workers who commuted into the municipality and 715 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 9.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 12% used public transportation to get to work, and 73.7% used a private car. ==Religion==

From the , 1,370 or 82.2% were Roman Catholic, while 127 or 7.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.24% of the population), and there were 17 individuals (or about 1.02% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 36 (or about 2.16% of the population) who were Islamic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist and 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 82 (or about 4.92% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 35 individuals (or about 2.10% of the population) did not answer the question. ==Education==

In Neyruz about 501 or (30.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 307 or (18.4%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 307 who completed tertiary schooling, 63.5% were Swiss men, 27.7% were Swiss women, 4.6% were non-Swiss men and 4.2% were non-Swiss women. During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 245 students attending 13 classes in Neyruz. A total of 505 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There were 3 kindergarten classes with a total of 48 students in the municipality. The municipality had 10 primary classes and 197 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 102 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 85 upper Secondary students and 55 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes, but there were 6 non-university Tertiary students and 11 specialized Tertiary students who attended classes in another municipality. , there were 2 students in Neyruz who came from another municipality, while 122 residents attended schools outside the municipality. ==Transportation==

The municipality has a railway station, , on the Lausanne–Bern line. It has regular service to and . ==References==