Corcelles-le-Jorat is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Corcelles-le-Jorat is first mentioned about 1140 as Corceleys.
Geography
Corcelles-le-Jorat has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, 39.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 28.1% is used for growing crops and 23.6% is pastures.
The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Corcelles-le-Jorat became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
The farming municipality is located at the intersection of the Lausanne-Moudon-Bern and Oron-Echallens roads. It consists of the village of Corcelles-le-Jorat and numerous hamlets.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Rooster passant Sable lined Argent combed, beaked, langued, armed Gules.
Demographics
Corcelles-le-Jorat has a population () of . , 7.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 1.5%. It has changed at a rate of -2.5% due to migration and at a rate of 3% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (379 or 92.0%), with German being second most common (17 or 4.1%) and English being third (7 or 1.7%). There are 2 people who speak Italian.
Of the population in the municipality 138 or about 33.5% were born in Corcelles-le-Jorat and lived there in 2000. There were 153 or 37.1% who were born in the same canton, while 73 or 17.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 44 or 10.7% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 5 live births to Swiss citizens and were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 non-Swiss man who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 6 and the non-Swiss population increased by 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.0%.
The age distribution, , in Corcelles-le-Jorat is; 40 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 43 teenagers or 10.4% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 48 people or 11.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 38 people or 9.2% are between 30 and 39, 55 people or 13.3% are between 40 and 49, and 66 people or 16.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 63 people or 15.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 34 people or 8.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 21 people or 5.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 4 people or 1.0% who are 90 and older.
, there were 165 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 206 married individuals, 15 widows or widowers and 26 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 161 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 38 households that consist of only one person and 15 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 168 households that answered this question, 22.6% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 59 married couples without children, 52 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 7 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 56 single family homes (or 45.5% of the total) out of a total of 123 inhabited buildings. There were 18 multi-family buildings (14.6%), along with 44 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (35.8%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.1%). Of the single family homes 28 were built before 1919, while 6 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (7) were built before 1919 and the next most (5) were built between 1961 and 1970. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.