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Borex
Summary
Borex is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Borex is first mentioned in 1213 as Borrai.
Borex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 76.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 1.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 20.7% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 15.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 62.6% is used for growing crops and 2.0% is pastures, while 11.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Borex became part of the new district of Nyon.
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains near the French border.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Barry of six Azure with a rose Or, and Argent.
Borex has a population () of . , 26.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -2.8%. It has changed at a rate of -9% due to migration and at a rate of 5.4% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (646 or 74.7%), with German being second most common (91 or 10.5%) and English being third (68 or 7.9%). There are 15 people who speak Italian.
The age distribution, , in Borex is; 96 children or 11.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 116 teenagers or 14.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 67 people or 8.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 90 people or 11.0% are between 30 and 39, 151 people or 18.4% are between 40 and 49, and 122 people or 14.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 114 people or 13.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 40 people or 4.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 20 people or 2.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 5 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
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