Poliez-le-Grand

Geschichte

Poliez-le-Grand is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Montilliez.HistoryPoliez-le-Grand is first mentioned around 1160-79 as Poleto. In 1225 it was mentioned as Pollie lo Grant.GeographyPoliez-le-Grand has an area, of 5.07km2. Of this area, 4.02km2 or 79.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.6km2 or 11.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.43km2 or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.9% 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, 63.1% is used for growing crops and 15.2% is pastures.The municipality was part of the Echallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Poliez-le-Grand became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.The municipality is located on the right bank of the Talent river.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Bendy wavy of Eight Gules and Argent.DemographicsPoliez-le-Grand has a population of 692., 12.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 31.3%. It has changed at a rate of 26.4% due to migration and at a rate of 6.1% due to births and deaths.