There were 3 individuals (or about 0.07% of the population) who were Jewish, and 506 (or about 11.58% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 5 individuals who were Buddhist, 8 individuals who were Hindu and 24 individuals who belonged to another church. 428 (or about 9.79% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 339 individuals (or about 7.76% of the population) did not answer the question. Education In Moudon about 1,318 or (30.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 341 or (7.8%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 341 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.7% were Swiss men, 23.5% were Swiss women, 14.4% were non-Swiss men and 6.5% were non-Swiss women. In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 665 students in the Moudon school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. 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. There were 347 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 269 students in those schools. There were also 49 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school. , there were 514 students in Moudon who came from another municipality, while 136 residents attended schools outside the municipality. Transportation The municipality has a railway station, , on the Palézieux–Lyss railway line. It has regular service to , , , and . Notable people Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros (1748–1810), painter, watercolourist and engraver and a main figure in the 'pre-romantic' movement. Daniel Peter (1836–1919), chocolatier and inventor of milk chocolate Eugène Burnand (1850 – 1921), painter Gabriel Tschumi (1883–1957), Master Chef to Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V. Gustave Roud (1897–1976), poet and photographer, died in Moudon Philippe Jaccottet (1925–2021), Francophone poet and translator Daniel Atienza (1974–), former Spanish professional road bicycle racer References Cities in Switzerland Helvetii Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Vaud