Champtauroz is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Champtauroz is first mentioned in 1228 as Chantuoro. Geography Champtauroz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 62.3% is used for growing crops and 11.8% is pastures. 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 Champtauroz became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. The municipality is located along the Lucens-Yvonand street. It consists of the village of Champtauroz and the hamlet of Le Pontet. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Gules a Castle Argent, and Plain Argent. Demographics Champtauroz has a population () of . , 6.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 9.3%. It has changed at a rate of 4.6% due to migration and at a rate of 4.6% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (95 or 95.0%), with German being second most common (3 or 3.0%) and English being third (1 or 1.0%). Of the population in the municipality 37 or about 37.0% were born in Champtauroz and lived there in 2000. There were 32 or 32.0% who were born in the same canton, while 23 or 23.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 8 or 8.0% were born outside of Switzerland. In , ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same and the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 non-Swiss man and 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population remained the same in 2008 and the non-Swiss population increased by 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.7%. The age distribution, , in Champtauroz is; 20 children or 16.9% of the population are