Onnens

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

History

Onnens is first mentioned in 1228 as Unens.

Geography

Onnens has an area, as of 2009, of 5.11 square kilometers (1.97 sq mi). Of this area, 2.13 km² (0.82 sq mi) or 41.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.52 km² (0.97 sq mi) or 49.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.48 km² (0.19 sq mi) or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 47.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.8% is used for growing crops and 10.2% is pastures, while 5.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality was part of the Grandson District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Onnens became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.