Chigny is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.

[3] Chigny has an area, as of 2009[update], of 0.9 square kilometers (0.35 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Chevron Argent between three Grapes Bunches two and one Or.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (220 or 85.3%), with English being second most common (11 or 4.3%) and German being third (9 or 3.5%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Chigny is; 37 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 46 teenagers or 15.3% are between 10 and 19.

The greatest number of multi-family homes (3) were built before 1919 and again between 1971 and 1980[12] In 2000[update] there were 104 apartments in the municipality.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 21.37% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 91 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.5%.

[9] There were 119 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 49.6% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2, of which 1 was in the movement and storage of goods.

From the 2000 census[update], 63 or 24.4% were Roman Catholic, while 130 or 50.4% 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 66 students from Chigny who attended schools outside the municipality.