Villars-Bramard

Villars-Bramard is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The villages 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. Villars-Bramard has an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.3% is used for growing crops and 8.2% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Villars-Bramard became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Paschal Lamb carrying a Banner Argent crossed Gules. Villars-Bramard has a population () of 119. , 8.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999-2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 2.6%. It has changed at a rate of -4.3% due to migration and at a rate of 6.9% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (114 or 96.6%), with German being second most common (2 or 1.7%) and Portuguese being third (1 or 0.8%). Of the population in the village 54 or about 45.8% were born in Villars-Bramard and lived there in 2000. There were 39 or 33.1% who were born in the same canton, while 17 or 14.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 8 or 6.8% were born outside of Switzerland. In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. 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 2 people.