Valeyres-sous-Ursins

Valeyres-sous-Ursins (valɛʁ su.z‿yʁsɛ̃, literally Valeyres under Ursins) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Valeyres-sous-Ursins is first mentioned in 1184 as de Valeres. Valeyres-sous-Ursins has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.8% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 63.2% is used for growing crops and 10.4% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Yverdon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Valeyres-sous-Ursins became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois. The municipalities of Cronay, Cuarny, Pomy, Ursins, Valeyres-sous-Ursins and Villars-Epeney are considering a merger on at a date in the future into the new municipality with an, , undetermined name. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert, two Bars wavy Argent, overall a Cup Or. Valeyres-sous-Ursins has a population () of . , 4.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 32.2%. It has changed at a rate of 27.6% due to migration and at a rate of 5.7% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (172 or 95.6%) as their first language, with German being second most common (2 or 1.1%) and Italian being third (2 or 1.1%). The age distribution, , in Valeyres-sous-Ursins is; 37 children or 16.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 29 teenagers or 12.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 27 people or 11.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 39 people or 17.0% are between 30 and 39, 31 people or 13.5% are between 40 and 49, and 21 people or 9.1% are between 50 and 59.