Fiez

Geschichte

Fiez is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryFiez is first mentioned in 885 as Figiaco.GeographyFiez has an area, of 6.84km2. Of this area, 4.23km2 or 61.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.37km2 or 34.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.2km2 or 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 28.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 24.7% is used for growing crops and 3.1% is pastures, while 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 31.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality was part of the Grandson District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Fiez became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains on the right bank of the Arnon river. In addition to the land around the main village, it also includes an exclave north of Chasseron mountain, with multiple seasonal herding camps.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Bend wavy Argent between two Arrow Points bendwise of the same.