Grandcour is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Grandcour has an area, as of 2009[update], of 10.21 square kilometers (3.94 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The municipality is located in the Payerne district, Umfasst das Dorf G. und die Weiler Ressudens und Chesard; Vernay ist im 15.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, in second Pale in chief a Mullet of Five pierced Or; overall on a Bend Gules three Escallops bendwise Or.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (680 or 93.2%), with German being second most common (30 or 4.1%) and Portuguese being third (13 or 1.8%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Grandcour is; 82 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 114 teenagers or 14.6% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] Grandcour Castle and the Swiss Reformed Church of Notre-Dame de Ressudens are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Grandcour is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.35% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 264 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.6%.

[9] There were 383 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 50 or 65.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 12 or 15.8% were in the information industry, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 7 or 9.2% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 121 or 16.6% were Roman Catholic, while 494 or 67.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[18] 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.