Onnens

Geschichte

Onnens is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryOnnens is first mentioned in 1228 as Unens.GeographyOnnens has an area, of 5.11km2. Of this area, 2.13km2 or 41.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.52km2 or 49.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.48km2 or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 47.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.8% is used for growing crops and 10.2% is pastures, while 5.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality was part of the Grandson District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Onnens became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.The municipality is located between the foot of Mont-Aubert and Lake Neuchatel.The municipalities of Concise, Corcelles-près-Concise, Mutrux and Onnens are considering a merger 1 January 2014 into the new municipality of with an, undetermined name.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Crayfish Gulles declawed dexter. The missing crayfish claw can be found on the coat of arms of Montagny-pres-Yverdon and represents the division of the two municipalities.