Chabrey

Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms

Chabrey

Location of Chabrey

Coordinates: 46°56′N 06°59′E / 46.933°N 6.983°ECoordinates: 46°56′N 06°59′E / 46.933°N 6.983°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Ernest Chuard

Area

• Total

3.96 km² (1.53 sq mi)

Elevation

498 m (1,634 ft)

Population

• Total

267

• Density

67/km² (170/sq mi)

Postal code

1589

SFOS number

5453

Surrounded by

Cudrefin, Delley-Portalban (FR), Montmagny, Neuchâtel (NE), Villars-le-Grand

Website

www.vully-les-lacs.ch
Profile (French), SFSO statistics

Chabrey is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.

Chabrey is first mentioned in 1343 as Charbrey.

Chabrey has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.96 square kilometers (1.53 sq mi). Of this area, 1.73 km² (0.67 sq mi) or 43.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.44 km² (0.56 sq mi) or 36.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.3 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.45 km² (0.17 sq mi) or 11.4% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 36.1% is used for growing crops and 4.5% is pastures, while 3.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

The municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Chabrey became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.

The municipality is located along the shore of Lake Neuchâtel.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, on a bend Argent an badger proper.

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