Marnand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Valbroye.
History
Marnand is first mentioned in 1142 as Marnant.
Geography
Marnand has an area, , of . Of this area, or 58.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 46.5% is used for growing crops and 9.7% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Marnand became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
The municipality is located on the right bank of the Broye river at the confluence of the Rioz river into the Broye.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess: 1. Argent, in base two Snails combatant; 2. Vert.
Demographics
Marnand has a population () of 158. , 18.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 9%. It has changed at a rate of 4.8% due to migration and at a rate of 2.8% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (134 or 92.4%), with Portuguese being second most common (4 or 2.8%) and German being third (3 or 2.1%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.
Of the population in the municipality 45 or about 31.0% were born in Marnand and lived there in 2000. There were 46 or 31.7% who were born in the same canton, while 25 or 17.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 28 or 19.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 2 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 non-Swiss men and 2 non-Swiss women 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 2 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of -0.7%.
The age distribution, , in Marnand is; 16 children or 10.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 18 teenagers or 11.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 21 people or 13.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 27 people or 17.2% are between 30 and 39, 33 people or 21.0% are between 40 and 49, and 14 people or 8.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 10 people or 6.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 6.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 7 people or 4.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 54 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 73 married individuals, 10 widows or widowers and 8 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 38.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 57 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 12 households that consist of only one person and 3 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 59 households that answered this question, 20.3% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 21 married couples without children, 19 married couples with children There were 3 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.