Concept
Chapelle-sur-Moudon is a former municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Chapelle-sur-Moudon, Correvon, Denezy, Martherenges, Neyruz-sur-Moudon, Peyres-Possens, Saint-Cierges, Thierrens and Chanéaz merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Montanaire. Chapelle-sur-Moudon is first mentioned in 1177 as Capellam. In 1228 it was mentioned as Capella Vualdana. Under Bernese administration, it was known as Chapelle Vaudanne. After the creation of the Canton of Vaud (1798) it was known as Chapelle (VD) until 1953. Chapelle-sur-Moudon had an area, , of . Of this area, or 81.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.5% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 68.5% is used for growing crops and 12.1% is pastures. The municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Chapelle-sur-Moudon became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud. The former municipality is located on the left side of the Broye valley. It consists of the village of Chapelle-sur-Moudon and the hamlet of Combe. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Chapel Or. Chapelle-sur-Moudon had a population () of 409. , 11.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 22.8%. It has changed at a rate of 19.6% due to migration and at a rate of 3.2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (300 or 94.0%), with Portuguese being second most common (9 or 2.8%) and German being third (7 or 2.2%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian. Of the population in the municipality 92 or about 28.8% were born in Chapelle-sur-Moudon and lived there in 2000. There were 148 or 46.
