Cornaux

Geschichte

Cornaux is a municipality in the district of Neuchâtel in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel.HistoryCornaux is first mentioned in 1212 as Curnaul.GeographyCornaux has an area, of 4.7km2. Of this area, 2.16km2 or 45.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.05km2 or 22.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.47km2 or 31.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03km2 or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 9.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 7.2% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 20.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 35.2% is used for growing crops and 5.7% is pastures, while 4.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Sun in splendour Or, in chief two Trefoils Argent.DemographicsCornaux has a population of., 19.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 3.6%. It has changed at a rate of 0.1% due to migration and at a rate of 3.8% due to births and deaths.