Corcelles-sur-Chavornay (French pronunciation: [kɔʁsɛl syʁ ʃavɔʁnɛ], literally Corcelles on Chavornay) is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
[3] Corcelles-sur-Chavornay had an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.5 square kilometers (2.1 sq mi).
Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) or 4.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.
[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (283 or 92.8%), with German being second most common (15 or 4.9%) and Spanish being third (3 or 1.0%).
[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Corcelles-sur-Chavornay is; 35 children or 10.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 49 teenagers or 15.1% are between 10 and 19.
[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 22.18% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 93 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.9%.
[8] There were 148 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 48.6% of the workforce.
The number of jobs in the primary sector was 30, of which 16 were in agriculture and 14 were in forestry or lumber production.
In the tertiary sector; 7 or 22.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 9.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 3 or 9.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 12.9% were in education and 11 or 35.5% were in health care.
[8] From the 2000 census[update], 45 or 14.8% were Roman Catholic, while 181 or 59.3% 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.
The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.