Combremont-le-Petit

Geschichte

Combremont-le-Petit is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities 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.HistoryCombremont-le-Petit is first mentioned in 911 as Cumbromo. In 1142 it was mentioned as Combremont.GeographyCombremont-le-Petit has an area, of 5.73km2. Of this area, 4.15km2 or 72.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.31km2 or 22.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.28km2 or 4.9% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, 20.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 60.0% is used for growing crops and 11.2% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Combremont-le-Petit became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.