What is Granges-près-Marnand?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Granges-près-Marnand | municipality_name = Granges-près-Marnand | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Grangesm.jpg|pixel_coa= | image_photo = Granges-près-Marnand et Sassel.JPG | image_caption = Granges-près-Marnand and [[Sassel]] | map = Karte Gemeinde Granges-près-Marnand.png | languages = French | canton = Vaud | iso-code-region = CH-VD | district = [[Broye-Vully (district)|Broye-Vully]] |coordinates = {{coord|46|46|N|6|53|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 1523 | municipality_code = 5818 | area = 7.02 | elevation = 473|elevation_description= | population = 1210|populationof=2009 | website = | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Cheiry]] (FR), [[Fétigny, Switzerland|Fétigny]] (FR), [[Henniez, Switzerland|Henniez]], [[Marnand]], [[Ménières]] (FR), [[Sassel]], [[Surpierre]] (FR), [[Trey, Vaud|Trey]], [[Villeneuve, Fribourg|Villeneuve]] (FR) | twintowns = }} '''Granges-près-Marnand''' was a [[municipality]] in the [[Broye-Vully (district)|Broye-Vully]] district in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Vaud]] in [[Switzerland]]. On 1 July 2011, the former municipalities of [[Cerniaz]], [[Combremont-le-Grand]], [[Combremont-le-Petit]], Granges-près-Marnand, [[Marnand]], [[Sassel]], [[Seigneux]] and [[Villars-Bramard]] joined together to become the new municipality of [[Valbroye]].<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 17 February 2011</ref> == Transport == The municipality has a rail connection to the [[Léman Express]] network via the [[Palézieux]]–[[Payerne]] line. On 29 July 2013, two passenger trains on the line suffered [[Granges-près-Marnand train crash|a head-on collision]] at Granges-près-Marnand, causing at least