Chevroux is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 0.41 km2 (0.16 sq mi) or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 1.01 km2 (0.39 sq mi) or 23.1% is unproductive land.

It consists of the village of Chevroux and the hamlet of Ostende (previously known as Chevrottet).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Gules and Argent, overall behind a Lion passant guardant holding a Scimitar a rising Sun all of Or.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (347 or 90.6%), with German being second most common (24 or 6.3%) and Polish third (5 or 1.3%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Chevroux is; 36 children or 9.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 58 teenagers or 14.7% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The prehistoric settlements at La Bessime and Village are 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 33.96% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 154 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 54.2%.

[9] There were 179 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.8% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 24, of which 20 were in agriculture and 5 were in fishing or fisheries.

In the tertiary sector; 7 or 17.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 23 or 57.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 12.5% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 73 or 19.1% were Roman Catholic, while 266 or 69.5% 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.