Grandcour is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Grandcour is first mentioned in 1212 as apud grancort. Geography Grandcour has an area, , of . Of this area, or 78.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 14.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 69.3% is used for growing crops and 8.5% 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 Grandcour became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. The municipality is located in the Payerne district, Umfasst das Dorf G. und die Weiler Ressudens und Chesard; Vernay ist im 15. Jh. verschwunden.. It consists of the village of Grandcour and the hamlets of Bez. Payerne. Umfasst das Dorf G. und die Weiler Ressudens und Chesard; Vernay ist im 15. Jh. verschwunden.. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, in second Pale in chief a Mullet of Five pierced Or; overall on a Bend Gules three Escallops bendwise Or. Demographics Grandcour has a population () of . , 4.3% 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 2.8% due to migration and at a rate of 2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (680 or 93.2%), with German being second most common (30 or 4.1%) and Portuguese being third (13 or 1.8%). There are 5 people who speak Italian. Of the population in the municipality 355 or about 48.6% were born in Grandcour and lived there in 2000. There were 172 or 23.6% who were born in the same canton, while 118 or 16.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 53 or 7.3% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 7 live births to Swiss citizens and 1