Épendes

Geschichte

Épendes is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryÉpendes is first mentioned in 1154 as Spinles. In 1174 it was mentioned as Espinnes. The municipality is the site of the Château d'Épendes and the Observatory of Épendes, which is open to the public.GeographyÉpendes has an area, of 4.8km2. Of this area, 3.62km2 or 74.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.66km2 or 13.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.45km2 or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1km2 or 2.1% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 66.0% is used for growing crops and 7.5% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality was part of the Yverdon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Épendes became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Barrulett Or, overall a Reed Vert fructed Sable between two Frogs Vert in base.DemographicsÉpendes has a population of., 11.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 8.2%. It has changed at a rate of -3.1% due to migration and at a rate of 11.3% due to births and deaths.