Chevroux is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Chevroux is first mentioned in 1286 as Chevroth.
Geography
As of 2009, Chevroux has an area of . Of this area, or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 23.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 39.1% is used for growing crops and 4.6% is pastures, while 3.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Chevroux became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
The municipality is located on the south-east bank of Lake Neuchâtel. It consists of the village of Chevroux and the hamlet of Ostende (previously known as Chevrottet).
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Gules and Argent, overall behind a Lion passant guardant holding a Scimitar a rising Sun all of Or.
Demographics
Chevroux has a population () of . , 5.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.2%. It has changed at a rate of 5.4% due to migration and at a rate of 0.3% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (347 or 90.6%), with German being second most common (24 or 6.3%) and Polish third (5 or 1.3%).
Of the population in the municipality 185 or about 48.3% were born in Chevroux and lived there in 2000. There were 76 or 19.8% who were born in the same canton, while 84 or 21.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 31 or 8.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 non-Swiss man and 2 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 15 and the non-Swiss population increased by 5 people. This represents a population growth rate of 5.3%.
The age distribution, , in Chevroux is; 36 children or 9.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 58 teenagers or 14.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 38 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 40 people or 10.2% are between 30 and 39, 66 people or 16.8% are between 40 and 49, and 58 people or 14.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 49 people or 12.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 32 people or 8.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 16 people or 4.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 152 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 190 married individuals, 27 widows or widowers and 14 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 143 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 36 households that consist of only one person and 22 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 145 households that answered this question, 24.8% were households made up of just one person and there were 4 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 43 married couples without children, 56 married couples with children There were 3 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
