Agiez

Geschichte

Agiez is a municipality of the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryAgiez is first mentioned in 1011 as in Aziaco.GeographyAgiez has an area, of 5.5km2. Of this area, 3.46km2 or 63.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.72km2 or 31.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.24km2 or 4.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03km2 or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02km2 or 0.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 51.0% is used for growing crops and 10.6% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Agiez became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.The municipality is located on a plateau above the banks of the Orbe river.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, two crossed pikes counterchanged.DemographicsAgiez has a population of., 13.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 12.5%. It has changed at a rate of 14.3% due to migration and at a rate of -2.2% due to births and deaths.