Cremin

Cremin (kʁəmɛ̃) is a former municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Cremin, Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens merged into the municipality of Lucens. Cremin is first mentioned in 1365 as Cremyn. Cremin had an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transport infrastructure made up 4.2%. Out of the forested land, 23.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 46.1% is used for growing crops and 21.8% is pastures. The former municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Cremin became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. The former municipality is located on a plateau above the left side of the Broye river, north of Lucens and on the border with the Fribourg exclave of Surpierre. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Argent and Vert, overall crossed a Garb of Wheat, a Scythe and a Flail all of Or. Cremin had a population () of 58. , 9.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -10.9%. It has changed at a rate of -10.9% due to migration and at a rate of 1.8% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (48 or 94.1%) with the rest speaking German. Of the population in the municipality 25 or about 49.0% were born in Cremin and lived there in 2000. There were 13 or 25.5% who were born in the same canton, while 12 or 23.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1 or 2.0% were born outside of Switzerland. In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same.