Montmagny () is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.

History

Montmagny is first mentioned in the 13th Century as Manniaco. In 1458 it was mentioned as Montmagniel.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 19.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 67.9% is used for growing crops and 2.9% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the hill country of the Vully region.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, on a Coupeaux Vert a Wolf rampant Sable langued Gules.

Demographics

Montmagny has a population () of 180. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 8.4%. It has changed at a rate of 12.7% due to migration and at a rate of -1.8% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population () speaks French (126 or 80.8%), with German being second most common (20 or 12.8%) and Portuguese being third (4 or 2.6%). There are 3 people who speak Italian.

, there were 68 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 74 married individuals, 7 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.

the average number of residents per living room was 0.55 which is fewer people per room than the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 54.4% 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).

, there were 63 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.

there were 74 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 30. There were 2 single room apartments and 22 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 57 apartments (77.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 14 apartments (18.9%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (4.1%) were empty.

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Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.77% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (25.09%), the LPS Party (20.94%) and the SP (12.45%). In the federal election, a total of 63 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.4%.

Economy

, Montmagny had an unemployment rate of 4.8%. , there were 27 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. people were employed in the secondary sector and there were businesses in this sector. 4 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector.

, there were 13 workers who commuted into the municipality and 44 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 0% used public transportation to get to work, and 64.4% used a private car. 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. There were 13 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 11 students in those schools.

, there was one student in Montmagny who came from another municipality, while 28 residents attended schools outside the municipality.