Chavornay

Chavornay is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Essert-Pittet and Corcelles-sur-Chavornay merged into the municipality of Chavornay.
After the 2017 merger Chavornay had an area of 19.28 km2 . Before the merger Chavornay had an area, of 11.07 square kilometers . Of this area, about 65.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.8% is settled and 3.9% is unproductive land. In the 2013/18 survey a total of 105 ha or about 9.5% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 49 ha over the 1980 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by 2 ha and is now about 0.63% of the total area. Of the agricultural land, 10 ha is used for orchards and vineyards, 706 ha is fields and grasslands and 0 ha consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1980 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 54 ha . Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by 1 ha . Rivers and lakes cover 36 ha in the municipality.

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