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

The villages of Cerniaz (VD), 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.

[2] Sassel has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.3 square kilometers (1.3 sq mi).

[4] The village is located on the north-east portion of the Jorat region on the left bank of the Broye river.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, two Roses counterchanged.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (139 or 93.9%), with German being second most common (7 or 4.7%) and Italian being third (2 or 1.4%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Sassel is; 22 children or 14.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 15 teenagers or 9.7% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 81.4% 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 village of Sassel 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 43.25% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 59 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.0%.

[6] There were 80 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.0% of the workforce.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 26 or 17.6% were Roman Catholic, while 107 or 72.3% 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.