Vinzel

Vinzel has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. 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 1.8% is pastures, while 21.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. ==Coat of arms==

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Barry of Six, Azure a Mullet of Five Or and Argent. ==Demographics==

Vinzel has a population () of . , 18.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 27.7%. It has changed at a rate of 21.9% due to migration and at a rate of 5.8% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (241 or 81.7%) as their first language, with German being second most common (20 or 6.8%) and English being third (15 or 5.1%). There are 2 people who speak Italian. , there were 130 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 145 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 12 individuals who are divorced. , there were 102 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. , a total of 100 apartments (96.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3 apartments (2.9%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:960 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:300 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:60 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:12 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from:start till:138 text:"138" bar:1860 from:start till:129 text:"129" bar:1870 from:start till:154 text:"154" bar:1880 from:start till:171 text:"171" bar:1888 from:start till:158 text:"158" bar:1900 from:start till:155 text:"155" bar:1910 from:start till:212 text:"212" bar:1920 from:start till:127 text:"127" bar:1930 from:start till:151 text:"151" bar:1941 from:start till:124 text:"124" bar:1950 from:start till:114 text:"114" bar:1960 from:start till:104 text:"104" bar:1970 from:start till:140 text:"140" bar:1980 from:start till:141 text:"141" bar:1990 from:start till:206 text:"206" bar:2000 from:start till:295 text:"295" ==Sights==

The entire hamlet of Vinzel is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. ==Politics==

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 27.82% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (16.95%), the FDP (15.71%) and the Green Party (14.94%). In the federal election, a total of 99 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.3%. ==Economy==

, Vinzel had an unemployment rate of 4.2%. , there were 35 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people were employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 36 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 12 businesses in this sector. , there were 68 workers who commuted into the municipality and 109 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 14.7% of the workforce coming into Vinzel are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 9.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 63.9% used a private car. ==Religion==

From the , 102 or 34.6% were Roman Catholic, while 124 or 42.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 20 individuals (or about 6.78% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist. 49 (or about 16.61% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 8 individuals (or about 2.71% of the population) did not answer the question. ==Education==

In Vinzel about 111 or (37.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 53 or (18.0%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 53 who completed tertiary schooling, 47.2% were Swiss men, 28.3% were Swiss women, 15.1% were non-Swiss men and 9.4% were non-Swiss women. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 1,249 children of which 563 children (45.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 29 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 30 students in those schools. There was also 1 student who was home schooled or attended another non-traditional school. , there were 15 students in Vinzel who came from another municipality, while 58 residents attended schools outside the municipality. == References ==