Henniez is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Broye-Vully. History Henniez is first mentioned in 1380 as Ennyt. In 1668 it was mentioned as Ignie and in 1781 it was called Ingniez. Geography Henniez has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.5%. Out of the forested land, 23.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 44.1% is used for growing crops and 11.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was part of the Payerne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Henniez became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. The municipality is located on the right bank of the Broye river and along the border with the Canton of Fribourg. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, two Tobacco Bundles counterchanged. Demographics Henniez has a population () of . , 7.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -4.5%. It has changed at a rate of -4.1% due to migration and at a rate of -0.8% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (217 or 94.3%), with German being second most common (9 or 3.9%) and Italian being third (2 or 0.9%). Of the population in the municipality 64 or about 27.8% were born in Henniez and lived there in 2000. There were 81 or 35.2% who were born in the same canton, while 62 or 27.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 22 or 9.6% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the