Chesalles-sur-Moudon

Chesalles-sur-Moudon is a former municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Brenles, Cremin, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens merged into the municipality of Lucens. Chesalles-sur-Moudon is first mentioned in 1273 as Chesales. Chesalles-sur-Moudon had an area, , of . Of this area, or 77.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 11.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.2% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 58.1% is used for growing crops and 17.4% is pastures, while 2.4% 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 Chesalles-sur-Moudon became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. The 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. Corcelles-sur-Chavornay had a population () of 353. , 4.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -7.2%. It has changed at a rate of -9% due to migration and at a rate of 1.2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (149 or 93.7%), with German being second most common (3 or 1.9%) and Dutch being third (2 or 1.3%). There is 1 person who speaks Romansh. Of the population in the municipality 58 or about 36.5% were born in Chesalles-sur-Moudon and lived there in 2000. There were 61 or 38.4% who were born in the same canton, while 17 or 10.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 18 or 11.3% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and . Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 2 while the foreign population remained the same.