Ballaigues

Geschichte

Ballaigues is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryBallaigues is first mentioned in 1228 as Balevui. In 1453 it was mentioned as Bella Aqua.GeographyBallaigues has an area, of 9km2. Of this area, 3.61km2 or 40.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.48km2 or 49.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.91km2 or 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05km2 or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 46.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.7% is used for growing crops and 33.0% is pastures and 5.9% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 0.3% is in rivers and streams.The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Ballaigues became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.The municipality is located on the southern slope of the Suchet, on the French-Swiss border. It consists of the village of Ballaigues and a number of hamlets.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a lion rampant Azure, langued and crowned Gules.