Missy is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Missy is first mentioned in 1148 as Missiacum (Vidimus). In 1183 it was mentioned as de Missiaco. Formerly it was known by the German name Missach. Geography Missy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 84.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. Out of the forested land, 0.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 67.2% is used for growing crops and 14.8% is pastures, while 2.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. 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 Missy became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. It consists of the linear village of Missy. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, a capital M counterchanged. Demographics Missy has a population () of . , 8.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 13.5%. It has changed at a rate of 8.9% due to migration and at a rate of 3.9% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (238 or 86.5%), with German being second most common (30 or 10.9%) and Portuguese being third (4 or 1.5%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian. Of the population in the municipality 124 or about 45.1% were born in Missy and lived there in 2000. There were 38 or 13.8% who were born in the same canton, while 75 or 27.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 28 or 10.2% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 5 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there was 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 4 while the foreign population increased by 1.