Mauborget

Geschichte

Mauborget is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryMauborget is first mentioned in 1403 as Malborget.GeographyMauborget has an area, of 5.51km2. Of this area, 1.4km2 or 25.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.89km2 or 70.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.23km2 or 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 67.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 16.2% is pastures and 9.3% is used for alpine pastures.The municipality was part of the Grandson District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Mauborget became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.The municipality is located between Chasseron mountain and Mont Aubert, on the road between Grandson to Môtiers. It is the highest village of the Vaudois Jura, with an elevation of 1170m.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, overall a Bend semi-raguly Gules.