Chevilly, Switzerland

Chevilly (French pronunciation: [ʃəviji] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Chevilly has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.87 square kilometers (1.49 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.21 km2 (0.081 sq mi) or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains, between the Venoge and Veyron rivers.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (193 or 91.5%), with German being second most common (8 or 3.8%) and Danish being third (4 or 1.9%).

The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 4 and the non-Swiss population increased by 4 people.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Chevilly is; 44 children or 18.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 23 teenagers or 9.5% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 22.19% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 75 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.4%.

[9] There were 109 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.8% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 14.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 23 or 10.9% were Roman Catholic, while 123 or 58.3% 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 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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

[18] As of 2000[update], there were 37 students from Chevilly who attended schools outside the municipality.

Church of Chevilly