Corcelles-le-Jorat is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
[3] Corcelles-le-Jorat has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.93 square kilometers (3.06 sq mi).
Of the rest of the land, 0.46 km2 (0.18 sq mi) or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads).
[5] The farming municipality is located at the intersection of the Lausanne-Moudon-Bern and Oron-Echallens roads.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (379 or 92.0%), with German being second most common (17 or 4.1%) and English being third (7 or 1.7%).
[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Corcelles-le-Jorat is; 40 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 43 teenagers or 10.4% 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 SVP which received 35.74% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 185 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.9%.
[9] There were 217 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.8% of the workforce.
The number of jobs in the primary sector was 67, of which 35 were in agriculture and 32 were in forestry or lumber production.
In the tertiary sector; 2 or 15.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 30.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 15.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 65 or 15.8% were Roman Catholic, while 248 or 60.2% 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 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.