Chevroux is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Chevroux is first mentioned in 1286 as Chevroth. Geography As of 2009, Chevroux has an area of . Of this area, or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 23.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 39.1% is used for growing crops and 4.6% is pastures, while 3.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Chevroux became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. The municipality is located on the south-east bank of Lake Neuchâtel. It consists of the village of Chevroux and the hamlet of Ostende (previously known as Chevrottet). Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Gules and Argent, overall behind a Lion passant guardant holding a Scimitar a rising Sun all of Or. Demographics Chevroux has a population () of . , 5.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.2%. It has changed at a rate of 5.4% due to migration and at a rate of 0.3% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (347 or 90.6%), with German being second most common (24 or 6.3%) and Polish third (5 or 1.3%). Of the population in the municipality 185 or about 48.3% were born in Chevroux and lived there in 2000. There were 76 or 19.8% who were born in the same canton, while 84 or 21.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 31 or 8.1% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population remained the