Granges-près-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
Granges-près-Marnand is first mentioned in 881 as in fine Graniacense. In 1228 it was mentioned as Granges. The current name was adopted in 1952.
Geography
Granges-près-Marnand has an area, , of . Of this area, or 63.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.1% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.6% of the area Out of the forested land, 20.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 53.4% is used for growing crops and 9.7% is pastures. 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 Granges-près-Marnand became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.
The municipality is located on the left bank of the Broye river. It consists of the village of Granges-près-Marnand and the hamlet of Brit.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, three Geese Argent.
Demographics
Granges-près-Marnand has a population () of 1,210. , 24.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.9%. It has changed at a rate of 5.2% due to migration and at a rate of 1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (976 or 85.2%), with Portuguese being second most common (43 or 3.8%) and Albanian being third (39 or 3.4%). There are 29 people who speak German, 36 people who speak Italian.
Of the population in the municipality 414 or about 36.1% were born in Granges-près-Marnand and lived there in 2000. There were 276 or 24.1% who were born in the same canton, while 177 or 15.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 261 or 22.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 8 live births to Swiss citizens and 3 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 10 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 2 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 7 non-Swiss men and 11 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 8 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.5%.
The age distribution, , in Granges-près-Marnand is; 123 children or 10.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 161 teenagers or 13.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 183 people or 15.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 126 people or 10.4% are between 30 and 39, 170 people or 14.1% are between 40 and 49, and 179 people or 14.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 124 people or 10.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 78 people or 6.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 52 people or 4.3% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 11 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.
, there were 468 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 580 married individuals, 65 widows or widowers and 33 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.61 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 39.6% 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).