Préverenges (French pronunciation: [pʁevʁɑ̃ʒ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.

[3] Préverenges has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.9 square kilometers (0.73 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi) or 60.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The municipality is located on Lake Geneva along the Lausanne-Geneva road.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Sail-ship affrontee with two Sails Argent.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (3,428 or 84.1%), with German being second most common (206 or 5.1%) and Italian being third (123 or 3.0%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Préverenges is; 569 children or 11.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 509 teenagers or 10.5% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] Préverenges is twinned with the town of Préveranges, France.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 25.77% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 1,197 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 43.8%.

[9] There were 2,263 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 10, of which 9 were in agriculture and 1 was in fishing or fisheries.

In the tertiary sector; 257 or 41.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 31 or 5.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 21 or 3.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 89 or 14.4% were in the information industry, 75 or 12.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 60 or 9.7% were in education and 18 or 2.9% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 1,507 or 37.0% were Roman Catholic, while 1,550 or 38.0% 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 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.