Chavannes-le-Veyron is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Chavannes-le-Veyron is first mentioned in 1285.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 52.5% is used for growing crops and 14.4% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the heights above the Veyron river (a tributary of the Venoge river).
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, on a Bend wavy Argent three Minnows fesswise Or. The minnows () may be a canting reference to name of the river Veyron.
Demographics
Chavannes-le-Veyron has a population () of . , 4.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -12.1%. It has changed at a rate of -14.4% due to migration and at a rate of 2.3% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (117 or 93.6%), with German being second most common (5 or 4.0%) and Portuguese being third (2 or 1.6%).
, there were 54 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 57 married individuals, 3 widows or widowers and 11 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 44 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household.
there were 43 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 13. There were 1 single room apartments and 20 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 42 apartments (97.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartment was seasonally occupied.
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Heritage sites of national significance
The sawmill is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 32.59% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (29%), the FDP (10.53%) and the Other (9.42%). In the federal election, a total of 48 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 54.5%.
Economy
, Chavannes-le-Veyron had an unemployment rate of 0.2%. , there were 19 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person was employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 8 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 4 businesses in this sector.
, there were 3 workers who commuted into the municipality and 45 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 15.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 4.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 58.3% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 4 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 7 students in those schools.
, there were 9 students in Chavannes-le-Veyron who came from another municipality, while 22 residents attended schools outside the municipality.