Villars-Bramard

Villars-Bramard 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.

[1] Villars-Bramard has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.2 square kilometers (1.2 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads).

[5] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (114 or 96.6%), with German being second most common (2 or 1.7%) and Portuguese being third (1 or 0.8%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Villars-Bramard is; 11 children or 9.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 24 teenagers or 20.2% are between 10 and 19.

[5] The historical population is given in the following chart:[10] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.75% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 49 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.0%.

[5] There were 58 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.1% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 22.

[5] From the 2000 census[update], 21 or 17.8% were Roman Catholic, while 77 or 65.3% 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.

[14] 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.