Corcelles-près-Payerne is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Corcelles-près-Payerne is first mentioned in 1235 as Corsales. Geography Corcelles-près-Payerne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 82.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 4.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.7% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 2.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 73.5% is used for growing crops and 8.0% is pastures, while 1.1% 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 Corcelles-près-Payerne became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. The municipality is located on the old highway toward Bern. As it has expanded, it has grown together with Payerne. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, overall a tobacco plant proper. Demographics Corcelles-près-Payerne has a population () of . , 15.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 15.5%. It has changed at a rate of 11.2% due to migration and at a rate of 4.5% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (1,464 or 89.1%), with German being second most common (90 or 5.5%) and Portuguese being third (25 or 1.5%). There are 18 people who speak Italian. Of the population in the municipality 586 or about 35.6% were born in Corcelles-près-Payerne and lived there in 2000. There were 383 or 23.3% who were born in the same canton, while 403 or 24.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 205 or 12.5% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 13 live births to Swiss citizens and 4 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 17 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration,