Villette is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.

[1] Villette has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.37 square kilometres (0.53 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 28.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 2.2% is either rivers or lakes.

while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%.

[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Argent and Gules, a Vine counterchanged, leaved Vert.

[5] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (499 or 88.5%), with German being second most common (26 or 4.6%) and English being third (11 or 2.0%).

[8] About 52.4% of the total households were owner-occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[5] The historical population is given in the following chart:[11] The municipality contains part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces which is also listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Aran is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 20.84% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 238 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 62.5%.

[5] There were 282 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.4% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 108.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 6.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 49 or 75.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 3.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 3.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 3.1% were in education.

[5] From the 2000 census[update], 152 or 27.0% were Roman Catholic, while 272 or 48.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.