Chabrey (French pronunciation: [ʃabʁɛ]) is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
[2] Chabrey has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.96 square kilometers (1.53 sq mi).
Of the rest of the land, 0.3 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.45 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 11.4% is unproductive land.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, on a bend Argent an badger proper.
[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (171 or 86.4%), with German being second most common (23 or 11.6%) and Portuguese being third (2 or 1.0%).
[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Chabrey is; 29 children or 10.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 33 teenagers or 12.4% are between 10 and 19.
[10] About 61.5% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][13] The prehistoric settlement at Pointe de Montbec I is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.74% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 66 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 38.8%.
[6] There were 96 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.8% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 8 or 47.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 11.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 29.4% were technical professionals or scientists.
[6] From the 2000 census[update], 32 or 16.2% were Roman Catholic, while 131 or 66.2% 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.
The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.