Marnand

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. Marnand is first mentioned in 1142 as Marnant. 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. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess: 1. Argent, in base two Snails combatant; 2. Vert. 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.