Martherenges

Martherenges (maʁtəʁɑ̃ʒ) is a former municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Chapelle-sur-Moudon, Correvon, Denezy, Martherenges, Neyruz-sur-Moudon, Peyres-Possens, Saint-Cierges, Thierrens and Chanéaz merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Montanaire. Martherenges is first mentioned in the 15th Century as Martherenges. Martherenges had an area, , of . Of this area, or 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.8% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.0%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 28.9% is used for growing crops and 28.9% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. The former municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Martherenges became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud. The small former municipality is located on a hill on the left side of the Broye valley. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per Saltire Gules and Vert, overall capital letter M Argent. Martherenges had a population () of 77. , 4.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 13.6%. It has changed at a rate of 1.5% due to migration and at a rate of 12.1% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (65 or 91.5%), with German being second most common (4 or 5.6%) and Dutch being third (1 or 1.4%). Of the population in the municipality 32 or about 45.1% were born in Martherenges and lived there in 2000. There were 24 or 33.8% who were born in the same canton, while 10 or 14.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 5 or 7.0% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens.