Chevroux (Vaud)

Geschichte

Chevroux is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryChevroux is first mentioned in 1286 as Chevroth.GeographyChevroux has an area, of 4.37km2. Of this area, 2.08km2 or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.83km2 or 19.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.41km2 or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 1.01km2 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 armsThe 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.