Yvorne

Geschichte

Yvorne is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.GeographyYvorne has an area, of 12.2km2. Of this area, 5.79km2 or 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.83km2 or 39.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.18km2 or 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.34km2 or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.07km2 or 0.6% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 29.1% is used for growing crops and 2.5% is pastures, while 15.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 1.2% is in lakes and 1.6% is in rivers and streams.Yvorne is a vine-growing area and produces a noted white wine.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess, 1. Or, a letter Y Sable, 2. Sable, a Grape Bunch Or..DemographicsYvorne has a population of., 12.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0.3%. It has changed at a rate of 0.8% due to migration and at a rate of -0.8% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (873 or 90.7%), with German being second most common (34 or 3.5%) and Italian being third (19 or 2.0%).