Forel-sur-Lucens

Forel-sur-Lucens is a former municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Forel-sur-Lucens, Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Cremin and Sarzens merged into the municipality of Lucens. Forel-sur-Lucens is first mentioned about 1200 as Forest. Forel-sur-Lucens had an area, , of . Of this area, or 76.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% 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, 57.2% is used for growing crops and 17.7% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. The former municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Forel-sur-Lucens became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. The former municipality is located on a high plateau above the Broye valley. It consists of the villages of Forel-Dessus and Forel-Dessous. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Paschal Lamb, its pennon Gules a cross Argent. Forel-sur-Lucens had a population () of 152. , 5.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 8.7%. It has changed at a rate of 11.4% due to migration and at a rate of -2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (128 or 93.4%), with German being second most common (7 or 5.1%) and English being third (1 or 0.7%). Of the population in the municipality 60 or about 43.8% were born in Forel-sur-Lucens and lived there in 2000. There were 39 or 28.5% who were born in the same canton, while 27 or 19.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 8 or 5.8% were born outside of Switzerland. In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and there were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens.