Rovray

Rovray is first mentioned around 1403–1409 as Roueraye. Arrissoules is first mentioned in 1148 as Arresules. On 1 January 2005 the former municipality of Arrissoules merged into the municipality of Rovray, which kept the name Rovray. ==Geography==

Rovray has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 55.9% is used for growing crops and 16.6% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located above the shore of Lake Neuchatel. It consists of the villages of Rovray and Arrissoules. ==Coat of arms==

The municipal coat of arms was created on 1 January 2005 when Rovray and Arrissoules merged. It includes the Azure semee of Acorns Argent, a Buck salient Or from Rovray and the Paly of six Azure and Or, a linden tree proper overall from Arrissoules. The tunnel represents the Arrissoules motorway tunnel. ==Demographics==

Rovray has a population () of . , 5.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.4%. It has changed at a rate of 10.1% due to migration and at a rate of -5.4% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (86 or 98.9%) as their first language with the rest speaking English , there were 34 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 45 married individuals, 1 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced. , there were 51 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. , a total of 35 apartments (85.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 5 apartments (12.2%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1100 height:500 PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100 Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:190 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:40 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:8 start:0 Colors= id:AR value:green legend:Arrissoules id:RO value:yellow legend:Rovray id:CO value:yellowgreen legend:Combined_Rovray_and_Arrissoules PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1764 from:start till:52 text:"52" color:AR bar:1803 from:start till:99 text:"99" color:RO bar:1850 from:start till:76 text:"76" color:AR bar:1860 from:start till:161 text:"161" color:CO bar:1870 from:start till:131 text:"131" color:CO bar:1880 from:start till:159 text:"159" color:CO bar:1888 from:start till:141 text:"141" color:CO bar:1900 from:start till:76 text:"76" color:AR bar:1910 from:start till:148 text:"148" color:CO bar:1920 from:start till:152 text:"152" color:CO bar:1930 from:start till:118 text:"118" color:CO bar:1941 from:start till:115 text:"115" color:CO bar:1950 from:start till:50 text:"50" color:AR bar:1960 from:start till:84 text:"84" color:CO bar:1970 from:start till:80 text:"80" color:CO bar:1980 from:start till:26 text:"26" color:AR bar:1990 from:start till:90 text:"90" color:CO bar:2000 from:start till:37 text:"37" color:AR bar:1850 from:76 till:183 text:"107" color:RO bar:1900 from:76 till:158 text:"82" color:RO bar:1950 from:50 till:96 text:"46" color:RO bar:1980 from:26 till:84 text:"58" color:RO bar:2000 from:37 till:87 text:"50" color:RO ==Politics==

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.24% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (21.85%), the SP (11.84%) and the Green Party (7.7%). In the federal election, a total of 60 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 64.5%. ==Economy==

, Rovray had an unemployment rate of 1.2%. , there were 30 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the secondary sector or the tertiary sector. , there were 31 workers who commuted away from the municipality. Of the working population, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.4% used a private car. ==Religion==

From the , 6 or 6.9% were Roman Catholic, while 72 or 82.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 individuals (or about 6.90% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 4 (or about 4.60% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 2 individuals (or about 2.30% of the population) did not answer the question. ==Education==

In Rovray about 36 or (41.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 14 or (16.1%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 14 who completed tertiary schooling, 42.9% were Swiss men, 42.9% were Swiss women. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 6 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 7 students in those schools. , there were 16 students from Rovray who attended schools outside the municipality. ==References==