Valbroye  Valbroye is a 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. Cerniaz is first mentioned in 1444 as Sernia. Combremont-le-Grand is first mentioned in 911 as "Cumbromo". In 1142 it was mentioned as "Combremont". Combremont-le-Petit is first mentioned in 911 as "Cumbromo". In 1142 it was mentioned as "Combremont". Granges-près-Marnand is first mentioned in 881 as "in fine Graniacense". In 1228 it was mentioned as "Granges". The current name was adopted in 1952. Marnand is first mentioned in 1142 as "Marnant". Sassel is first mentioned in 1177 as "Sases". Seigneux is first mentioned around 1216-50 as "Simuus". Valbroye has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes. The historical population is given in the following chart: The entire villages of Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand and Sassel are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites