SwitzerlandCommunes vaudoises 12 · Your commune in Vaud
What does the bourgeoisie (municipal citizenship, droit de cité communal) of a municipality in Vaud mean?
In the exam (French)
Que désigne la bourgeoisie (droit de cité communal) d'une commune vaudoise ?
- aThe right not to pay any municipal tax in one's municipality of originLe droit de ne payer aucun impôt communal dans sa commune d'origine
- bA person's legal tie to the municipality, their place of originLe lien juridique d'une personne avec la commune, son lieu d'origineCorrect answer
- cAn annual charge paid by house owners in the municipalityUne taxe annuelle que paient les propriétaires de maisons dans la commune
- dThe right to sit on the municipal executive without going through an electionLe droit de siéger à la municipalité sans passer par une élection
Why?
The bourgeoisie is the municipality's right of citizenship: it is a Swiss person's place of origin. Granting the bourgeoisie is one of the municipal authorities' own tasks.
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Which authority, in principle, issues the building permit for a house in the canton of Vaud?Correct answer:The municipal executive (municipalité) of the municipality
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Source
Our own practice questions, written in French on the facts of the Federal Constitution and official information from the Confederation and the cantons of Vaud and Geneva. They are not the questions of the cantonal tests, and no text from the official cantonal or communal lists is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in French. We are not affiliated with the Confederation, the cantons or the communes.
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