Curtilles (French pronunciation: [kyʁtij] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
[3] Curtilles has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.95 square kilometers (1.91 sq mi).
[5] The municipality is located in the Moudon, am rechten Ufer der Broye district, Die Gem.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, three Rakes two and one Argent handled Or.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (261 or 94.2%), with German being second most common (12 or 4.3%) and Portuguese being third (2 or 0.7%).
[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Curtilles is; 38 children or 12.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 45 teenagers or 14.8% are between 10 and 19.
[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] Curtilles Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 28.19% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 95 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.3%.
[9] There were 124 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 37.1% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 2 or 20.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 40.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 20.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 42 or 15.2% were Roman Catholic, while 189 or 68.2% 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.
[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.
[19] As of 2000[update], there were 50 students from Curtilles who attended schools outside the municipality.