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Yvorne is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. Yvorne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.6% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 29.1% is used for growing crops and 2.5% is pastures, while 15.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 1.2% is in lakes and 1.6% is in rivers and streams. Yvorne is a vine-growing area and produces a noted white wine. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess, 1. Or, a letter Y Sable, 2. Sable, a Grape Bunch Or.. Yvorne has a population () of . , 12.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 0.3%. It has changed at a rate of 0.8% due to migration and at a rate of -0.8% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (873 or 90.7%), with German being second most common (34 or 3.5%) and Italian being third (19 or 2.0%). Of the population in the municipality 324 or about 33.7% were born in Yvorne and lived there in 2000. There were 328 or 34.1% who were born in the same canton, while 141 or 14.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 142 or 14.8% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 7 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man who immigrated back to Switzerland.

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Chessel

Chessel (ʃəsɛl) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. Chessel is first mentioned in 1364 as Chessey. Chessel has an area, , of . Of this area, or 61.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 6.2% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.

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Aigle District

Aigle District is a district of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Aigle has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 41.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 17.7% is unproductive land. Aigle has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French (28,451 or 80.7%), with German being second most common (1,268 or 3.6%) and Portuguese being third (884 or 2.5%). There are 848 people who speak Italian and 12 people who speak Romansh.