Corcelles-près-Payerne
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