Carrouge (French pronunciation: [kaʁuʒ] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[2] Carrouge has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.42 square kilometers (2.09 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi) or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a saltire Or, in chief, dexter and sinister three roses, and in base a crescent upwards all of the same.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (724 or 92.8%), with German being second most common (29 or 3.7%) and Italian being third (7 or 0.9%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Carrouge is; 122 children or 13.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 119 teenagers or 13.0% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.01% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 286 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.5%.

[9] There were 407 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.2% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 149.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 33, of which 27 were in agriculture and 6 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 46 or 54.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 5.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 5.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 2.4% were in the information industry, 12 or 14.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 2.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 3.5% were in education and 1 was in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 144 or 18.5% were Roman Catholic, while 446 or 57.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.