Chavornay (French pronunciation: [ʃavɔʁnɛ]) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[5] Before the merger Chavornay had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 11.07 square kilometers (4.27 sq mi).

Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by 2 ha (4.9 acres) and is now about 0.63% of the total area.

Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by 1 ha (2.5 acres).

[8] The municipality is located on the eastern edge of the Orbe valley, on the right side of the Talent river.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, overall a Crown Or ornamented Vert and Azure.

[12] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (2,468 or 88.6%), with German being second most common (104 or 3.7%) and Portuguese being third (62 or 2.2%).

[13] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Chavornay is; 473 children or 13.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 468 teenagers or 13.4% are between 10 and 19.

In the federal election, a total of 720 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 36.4%.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 79, of which 74 were in agriculture and 5 were in fishing or fisheries.

In the tertiary sector; 146 or 30.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 191 or 39.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 25 or 5.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 0.6% were in the information industry, 5 or 1.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 24 or 5.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 10 or 2.1% were in education and 11 or 2.3% were in health care.

From the 2000 census[update], 682 or 24.5% were Roman Catholic, while 1,394 or 50.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is June during which time Chavornay receives an average of 92 mm (3.6 in) of rain or snow.

The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 11.8, but with only 77 mm (3.0 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is April with an average of 58 mm (2.3 in) of precipitation over 9.3 days.

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.

[23] The municipality has two railway stations, Chavornay and Essert-Pittet, on the Jura Foot and Orbe–Chavornay lines.

In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in the Swiss Criminal Code (running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in Chavornay was 77.6 per thousand residents, slightly higher than the national average (64.6 per thousand).