Granges-près-Marnand
Encyclopedia
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
.
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.
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 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) 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).
, there were 438 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 134 households that consist of only one person and 51 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 452 households that answered this question, 29.6% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 113 married couples without children, 159 married couples with children There were 23 single parents with a child or children. There were 7 households that were made up of unrelated people and 14 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 123 single family homes (or 48.0% of the total) out of a total of 256 inhabited buildings. There were 60 multi-family buildings (23.4%), along with 58 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (22.7%) and 15 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.9%). Of the single family homes 38 were built before 1919, while 5 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (32) were built before 1919 and the next most (7) were built between 1919 and 1945. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 547 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 169. There were 23 single room apartments and 161 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 437 apartments (79.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 79 apartments (14.4%) were seasonally occupied and 31 apartments (5.7%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 7.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 28.29% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(25.04%), the SP
(19.03%) and the Green Party
(12.76%). In the federal election, a total of 327 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 45.5%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 642. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 43, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 421 of which 276 or (65.6%) were in manufacturing and 145 (34.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 178. In the tertiary sector; 44 or 24.7% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 49 or 27.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 5.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 1.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 30 or 16.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 29 or 16.3% were in education and 4 or 2.2% were in health care.
, there were 351 workers who commuted into the municipality and 274 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.3 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. Of the working population, 8.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 53.8% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 10 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.87% of the population), and there were 2 individuals (or about 0.17% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 83 (or about 7.24% of the population) who were Islam
ic. 66 (or about 5.76% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 21 individuals (or about 1.83% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 110 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.4% were Swiss men, 27.3% were Swiss women and 5.5% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 156 students in the Granges-près-Marnand school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 80 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 74 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 147 students in Granges-près-Marnand who came from another municipality, while 101 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
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in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Vaud
Vaud
Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
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.
The municipalities of Cerniaz
Cerniaz
Cerniaz 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...
, Combremont-le-Grand
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...
, Combremont-le-Petit
Combremont-le-Petit
Combremont-le-Petit 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...
, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand
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...
, Sassel
Sassel
Sassel 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...
, Seigneux
Seigneux
Seigneux 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...
and Villars-Bramard
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...
merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Valbroye
Valbroye
Valbroye is a 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...
.
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 7.02 square kilometres (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 4.47 km² (1.7 sq mi) or 63.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.5 km² (0.579153237888803 sq mi) or 21.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.91 km² (0.351352964319207 sq mi) or 13.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.15 km² (37.1 acre) 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
Broye
The Broye is a 68 km long river, in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, in Switzerland. It has a watershed area of 850 km².-Presentation:...
river. It consists of the village of Granges-près-Marnand and the hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Brit.
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
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
(976 or 85.2%), with Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
being second most common (43 or 3.8%) and Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
being third (39 or 3.4%). There are 29 people who speak German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, 36 people who speak Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
.
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 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) 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
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 438 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 134 households that consist of only one person and 51 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 452 households that answered this question, 29.6% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 113 married couples without children, 159 married couples with children There were 23 single parents with a child or children. There were 7 households that were made up of unrelated people and 14 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 123 single family homes (or 48.0% of the total) out of a total of 256 inhabited buildings. There were 60 multi-family buildings (23.4%), along with 58 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (22.7%) and 15 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.9%). Of the single family homes 38 were built before 1919, while 5 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (32) were built before 1919 and the next most (7) were built between 1919 and 1945. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 547 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 169. There were 23 single room apartments and 161 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 437 apartments (79.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 79 apartments (14.4%) were seasonally occupied and 31 apartments (5.7%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 7.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Sights
The entire urban village of Granges-près-Marnand is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage SitesInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.-Sites of national importance:-Types:...
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
which received 28.29% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(25.04%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(19.03%) and the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(12.76%). In the federal election, a total of 327 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 45.5%.
Economy
, Granges-près-Marnand had an unemployment rate of 4.2%. , there were 79 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 440 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 18 businesses in this sector. 224 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 39 businesses in this sector. There were 552 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.9% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 642. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 43, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 421 of which 276 or (65.6%) were in manufacturing and 145 (34.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 178. In the tertiary sector; 44 or 24.7% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 49 or 27.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 5.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 1.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 30 or 16.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 29 or 16.3% were in education and 4 or 2.2% were in health care.
, there were 351 workers who commuted into the municipality and 274 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.3 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. Of the working population, 8.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 53.8% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 418 or 36.5% were Roman Catholic, while 546 or 47.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 10 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 0.87% of the population), and there were 2 individuals (or about 0.17% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 83 (or about 7.24% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. 66 (or about 5.76% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 21 individuals (or about 1.83% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Granges-près-Marnand about 338 or (29.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 110 or (9.6%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 110 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.4% were Swiss men, 27.3% were Swiss women and 5.5% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 156 students in the Granges-près-Marnand school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 80 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 74 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 147 students in Granges-près-Marnand who came from another municipality, while 101 residents attended schools outside the municipality.