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 Valbroye.

[2] Seigneux has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.7 square kilometers (1.4 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads).

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or and Azure, a ciborium counterchanged, bordered Gules and Argent.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Seigneux is; 31 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 51 teenagers or 17.3% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 61.2% 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).

The greatest number of multi-family homes (3) were built between 1919 and 1945 and again between 1946 and 1960[12] In 2000[update] there were 125 apartments in the village.

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.42% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 97 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.5%.

[6] There were 140 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 13 or 81.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 1 was in education.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 79 or 28.6% were Roman Catholic, while 155 or 56.2% 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.