Granges-près-Marnand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[2] Granges-près-Marnand has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.02 square kilometers (2.71 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.91 km2 (0.35 sq mi) or 13.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.15 km2 (37 acres) or 2.1% is either rivers or lakes.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, three Geese Argent.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (976 or 85.2%), with Portuguese being second most common (43 or 3.8%) and Albanian being third (39 or 3.4%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], 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.

[10] 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).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][13] The entire urban village of Granges-près-Marnand is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 28.29% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 327 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.5%.

[6] There were 552 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.9% of the workforce.

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.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 418 or 36.5% were Roman Catholic, while 546 or 47.6% 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.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.

[17] The municipality has a rail connection to the Réseau Express Vaudois network via the Palézieux–Payerne line.

On 29 July 2013, two passenger trains on the line suffered a head-on collision at Granges-près-Marnand, causing at least 35 injuries and one fatality.