Bavois

Geschichte

Bavois is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryBavois is first mentioned in 1200 as Bavoies.GeographyBavois has an area, of 9.3km2. Of this area, 6.94km2 or 74.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.54km2 or 16.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.71km2 or 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.1km2 or 1.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.4%. Out of the forested land, 15.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 62.8% is used for growing crops and 10.0% is pastures, while 1.5% 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 Bavois became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.It consists of the village of Bavois, the settlement of Les Bordes (Bavois-dessus) and the hamlet of Le Coudray.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, two castles 1-1 Sable, lined and windowed of the first.DemographicsBavois has a population of., 12.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 1.5%. It has changed at a rate of -5.3% due to migration and at a rate of 6.5% due to births and deaths.