Editing L'Abbaye (section)

==Demographics==
L'Abbaye has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VD}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VD|5871}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VD}}  {{as of|2008}}, 12.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=HDS_superweb>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628151016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |date=2010-06-28 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref>  Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 4.1%.  It has changed at a rate of 5.2% due to migration and at a rate of -1.1% due to births and deaths.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=2016-01-05 }} accessed 10-June-2011</ref>

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (1,226 or 94.0%), with [[German language|German]] being second most common (33 or 2.5%) and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] being third (19 or 1.5%).  There are 14 people who speak [[Italian language|Italian]].<ref name=STAT2000/>

Of the population in the municipality 428 or about 32.8% were born in L'Abbaye and lived there in 2000.  There were 426 or 32.7% who were born in the same canton, while 154 or 11.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 200 or 15.3% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>

In {{as of|2008|alt=2008}} there were 7 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 15 deaths of Swiss citizens.  Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 8 while the foreign population increased by 2.  There were 2 Swiss men and 3 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland.  At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men and 3 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland.  The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 5 and the non-Swiss population increased by 9 people.  This represents a [[Population growth#Population growth rate|population growth rate]] of 1.1%.<ref name=HDS_superweb/>

The age distribution, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, in L'Abbaye is; 120 children or 9.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 170 teenagers or 13.3% are between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 120 people or 9.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  135 people or 10.5% are between 30 and 39, 199 people or 15.5% are between 40 and 49, and 188 people or 14.7% are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 156 people or 12.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 113 people or 8.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 71 people or 5.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 10 people or 0.8% who are 90 and older.<ref name=Vaud_Pop_Stats>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office] {{in lang|fr}} accessed 29 April 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 476 people who were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 662 married individuals, 102 widows or widowers and 64 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=2013-08-09 }}  {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 569 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/>  There were 219 households that consist of only one person and 39 households with five or more people.  Out of a total of 602 households that answered this question, 36.4% were households made up of just one person.  Of the rest of the households, there are 173 married couples without children, 150 married couples with children  There were 21 single parents with a child or children.  There were 6 households that were made up of unrelated people and 33 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 262 single family homes (or 58.9% of the total) out of a total of 445 inhabited buildings.  There were 107 multi-family buildings (24.0%), along with 43 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.7%) and 33 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (7.4%).  Of the single family homes 59 were built before 1919, while 24 were built between 1990 and 2000.  The most multi-family homes (59) were built before 1919 and the next most (16) were built between 1961 and 1970.  There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-09-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 760 apartments in the municipality.  The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 231.  There were 32 single room apartments and 195 apartments with five or more rooms.  Of these apartments, a total of 541 apartments (71.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 177 apartments (23.3%) were seasonally occupied and 42 apartments (5.5%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/>  {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.6 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>  The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0.63%.<ref name=SFSO/>

The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2609|L'Abbaye}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=2014-09-30 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref>
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