Froideville

Geschichte

Froideville is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryFroideville is first mentioned in 1284 as Frigida Villa.GeographyFroideville has an area, of 7.08km2. Of this area, 2.71km2 or 38.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.63km2 or 51.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.73km2 or 10.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 27.5% is used for growing crops and 10.0% is pastures.The municipality was part of the Echallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Froideville became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.The municipality is located in the Jorat range.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess: 1. Azure a Cross Pattee Or; 2. Gules, a plough Argent.DemographicsFroideville has a population of., 9.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 16.7%. It has changed at a rate of 11.1% due to migration and at a rate of 5.7% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (1,326 or 91.3%), with German being second most common (77 or 5.3%) and Italian being third (13 or 0.9%).