Borex

Geschichte

Borex is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryBorex is first mentioned in 1213 as Borrai.GeographyBorex has an area, of 2km2. Of this area, 1.51km2 or 76.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.03km2 or 1.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.41km2 or 20.7% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 15.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 62.6% is used for growing crops and 2.0% is pastures, while 11.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Borex became part of the new district of Nyon.The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains near the French border.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Barry of six Azure with a rose Or, and Argent.DemographicsBorex has a population of., 26.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -2.8%. It has changed at a rate of -9% due to migration and at a rate of 5.4% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (646 or 74.7%), with German being second most common (91 or 10.5%) and English being third (68 or 7.9%). There are 15 people who speak Italian.