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Signy-Avenex
Summary
Signy-Avenex (siɲi avnɛ) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Avenex is first mentioned in 926 as Avenaco. In 1018, Signy was mentioned as Sigiciacum.
Signy-Avenex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 2.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 21.8% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 10.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.6% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 46.6% is used for growing crops and 10.4% is pastures, while 18.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Signy-Avenex became part of the new district of Nyon.
The municipality is located in a small valley above Nyon. It consists of the linear village of Signy and the hamlet of Avenex.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Gules and Azure, overall a Cross bottony Argent.
Signy-Avenex has a population () of . , 23.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 18.6%. It has changed at a rate of 5.9% due to migration and at a rate of 13.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (307 or 78.7%), with English being second most common (46 or 11.8%) and German being third (23 or 5.9%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.
The age distribution, , in Signy-Avenex is; 49 children or 11.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 42 teenagers or 10.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 33 people or 7.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 66 people or 15.6% are between 30 and 39, 68 people or 16.1% are between 40 and 49, and 53 people or 12.
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