The former municipalities of Farvagny-le-Grand, Farvagny-le-Petit, Grenilles and Posat merged in 1996 to form it.

[1] On 1 January 2016 it merged with Corpataux-Magnedens, Le Glèbe, Rossens and Vuisternens-en-Ogoz to form the new municipality of Gibloux.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Lion passant Azure langued of the first on a Bend Or between two Maple Leaves Argent.

The lion and gold stripe come from Farvagny-le-Petit and Posat while the maple leaves are from Farvagny-le-Grand.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,635 or 92.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (84 or 4.7%) and Portuguese is the third (18 or 1.0%).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[10][11] The Chapel Notre-Dame and the Church of Saint-Vincent are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[12] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 28.1% of the vote.

[6] There were 891 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.8% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 41 or 17.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 20 or 8.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 16 or 7.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 4 or 1.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 7 or 3.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 45 or 19.6% were in education and 81 or 35.2% were in health care.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 1,436 or 80.9% were Roman Catholic, while 101 or 5.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium (university preparatory) and vocational programs.

After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship.

[17] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 603 students attending 31 classes in Farvagny.