Combremont-le-Grand

Combremont-le-Grand 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. Combremont-le-Grand is first mentioned in 911 as Cumbromo. In 1142 it was mentioned as Combremont. Combremont-le-Grand has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.7% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, 19.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 60.3% is used for growing crops and 14.1% is pastures. The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Combremont-le-Grand became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. The village is located along the Payerne-Thierrens road. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Sable, a Greyhound rampant Or langued Gules and gorged Argent. Combremont-le-Grand has a population () of 302. , 4.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999-2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0%. It has changed at a rate of 2.6% due to migration and at a rate of -2.6% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (286 or 92.9%), with German being second most common (15 or 4.9%) and Portuguese being third (4 or 1.3%). Of the population in the municipality 155 or about 50.3% were born in Combremont-le-Grand and lived there in 2000. There were 84 or 27.3% who were born in the same canton, while 40 or 13.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 28 or 9.1% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens.