Moudon (French: [mudɔ̃]; Latin: Minnodunum; German: Milden) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] As ancient Minnodunum, during Roman times, the city was in the country of the Helvetii, on a road from Viviscus (modern Vevey), on the Lake of Geneva, to Aventicum (modern Avenches).

[4] Moudon has an area, as of 2009[update], of 15.69 square kilometers (6.06 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi) or 16.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) or 1.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

[6] The upper city is located at the confluence of the Mérine and Broye rivers.

It lies on the intersection of two historically important roads, one from Italy to Burgundy and the other between Geneva and Bern.

It consists of the village of Moudon and the hamlets of Plan and Villaret, the northern section of the hamlet of Bressonnaz-Dessous and numerous (mostly medieval) farm house settlements including Alliérens, Beauregard, Belflori, Chalabruz, Cornier, Frémont, La Baume, La Cerjaulaz, La Faye, Le Grand-Pré, Grange-Verney, Gréchon, Montsandon, Valacrêt.

[7] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Gules and Vert, overall a capital M Or.

[11] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (3,474 or 79.5%), with Portuguese being second most common (197 or 4.5%) and Albanian being third (172 or 3.9%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Moudon is; 538 children or 11.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 692 teenagers or 14.5% are between 10 and 19.

[16] Moudon is twinned with: In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 33.2% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 904 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.4%.

[11] There were 2,054 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.4% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 50, of which 45 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 358 or 28.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 174 or 13.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 88 or 6.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 0.6% were in the information industry, 33 or 2.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 72 or 5.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 158 or 12.4% were in education and 178 or 14.0% were in health care.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 1,477 or 33.8% were Roman Catholic, while 1,471 or 33.7% 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.