Fiez

Fiez is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

History

Fiez is first mentioned in 885 as Figiaco.

Geography

Fiez has an area, as of 2009, of 6.84 square kilometers (2.64 sq mi). Of this area, 4.23 km² (1.63 sq mi) or 61.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.37 km² (0.92 sq mi) or 34.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.2 km² (0.077 sq mi) or 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 28.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 24.7% is used for growing crops and 3.1% is pastures, while 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 31.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.