Villars-le-Grand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[2] Villars-le-Grand has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.2 square kilometers (1.6 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.35 km2 (0.14 sq mi) or 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.08 km2 (20 acres) or 1.9% is either rivers or lakes.

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Grill Sable.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (262 or 90.3%), with German being second most common (24 or 8.3%) and Portuguese being third (2 or 0.7%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Villars-le-Grand is; 24 children or 8.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 32 teenagers or 11.6% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 66.7% 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] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.93% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 96 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 43.4%.

[6] There were 150 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.7% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 42.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 78 or 26.9% were Roman Catholic, while 174 or 60.0% 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.

[17] 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.