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Oppens
Oppens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Oppens is first mentioned around 1160-64 as ''Opens''. Geography Oppens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 65.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 28.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 26.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 56.8% is used for g ...
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Gros-de-Vaud District
Gros-de-Vaud District (french: District du Gros-de-Vaud) is a district in Vaud canton. Gros-de-Vaud has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010.


Demographics

Gros-de-Vaud has a population () of . In there were 312 live births to Swiss citizens and 54 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 217 deaths of Swiss citizens and 17 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 95 while the foreign population i ...
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Yverdon District
Yverdon District was a district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland until 2006 when it was dissolved. It was divided into the Cercles of Molondin Molondin is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Molondin is first mentioned in 1380 as ''Mollondens'' and ''Mollendens''. Geography Molondin has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66 ..., Belmont-sur-Yverdon, Yverdon and Champvent. The district consisted of 38 municipalities, is 156.68 km² in area and was home to 34,929 inhabitants at the end of 2003. Mergers and name changes * On 1 January 2005 the former municipality of Arrissoules merged into the municipality of Rovray. * On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Belmont-sur-Yverdon, Bioley-Magnoux, Chamblon, Champvent, Chanéaz, Chavannes-le-Chêne, Chêne-Pâquier, Cheseaux-Noréaz, Cronay, Cuarny, Démoret, Donneloye, Épendes (VD), Essert-Pittet, Essert-sous-Champvent, Gossens, Gressy, Mathod, Mé ...
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Bioley-Magnoux
Bioley-Magnoux () is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Bioley-Magnoux is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Biolai''. The village is located east of Yverdon and played some historic role in previous times. It is dominated by a medieval castle the origins of which date back to 1105. Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy 1433–1477, last reigning duke of Burgundy (1467–1477), son and successor of Philip the Good, made his quarters at the castle early in June 1476 on his way to Murten where he lost the battle against the confederates. The castle is now home to the Jonas-Foundation. Geography Bioley-Magnoux has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.
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Ogens
Ogens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Ogens is first mentioned in 1166 as ''Ogens''. Geography , Ogens has an area of . Of this area, or 61.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, 28.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 49.3% is used for growing crops and 11.7% is pastures.
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Orzens
Orzens is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Orzens is first mentioned in 1177 as ''Orsens''. Geography Orzens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 79.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.8% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 63.6% is used for growing crops and 15.0% is pastures. The municipality was part of th ...
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Pailly, Switzerland
Pailly () is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Pailly is first mentioned in 1154 as ''Parli''. Geography Pailly has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 62.0% is used for growing crops and 11.4% is pastures, while 1.7% is use ...
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