Lovatens (French pronunciation: [lɔvatɑ̃]) is a municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Lovatens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.47 square kilometers (1.34 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Argent and Gules, overall a Minerva's head Or.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (140 or 92.7%), with German being second most common (7 or 4.6%) and English being third (3 or 2.0%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Lovatens is; 17 children or 11.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 18 teenagers or 12.6% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Lovatens is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.05% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 55 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.1%.

[9] There were 62 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.5% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4, all in the sale or repair of motor vehicles.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 19 or 12.6% were Roman Catholic, while 90 or 59.6% 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.