Chavannes-sur-Moudon

Chavannes-sur-Moudon is a municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Chavannes-sur-Moudon has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.14 square kilometers (1.98 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.27 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 5.3% is settled (buildings or roads).

[5] The municipality is located on the right bank of the Broye and near the border with the Canton of Fribourg.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (190 or 96.4%), with German being second most common (6 or 3.0%) and Albanian being third (1 or 0.5%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Chavannes-sur-Moudon is; 24 children or 11.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 25 teenagers or 12.2% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Chavannes-sur-Moudon is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.56% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 81 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.9%.

[9] There were 104 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.3% of the workforce.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 37 or 18.8% were Roman Catholic, while 141 or 71.6% 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.

[18] 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.

Aerial view (1958)