Thierrens

Thierrens is a former municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Chapelle-sur-Moudon, Correvon, Denezy, Martherenges, Neyruz-sur-Moudon, Peyres-Possens, Saint-Cierges, Thierrens and Chanéaz merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Montanaire. Thierrens is first mentioned around 1004-07 as Teoderinco. Thierrens had an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.5% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. 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 8.3% is pastures. The former municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Thierrens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud. The former municipality is located at the crossroads of the Moudon-Yverdon and Echallens-Payerne roads. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is On an escutcheon Gules a Dog Or gorged Argent, bordered Nebuly Azure and Argent. Thierrens had a population () of 716. , 12.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 16.1%. It has changed at a rate of 9.7% due to migration and at a rate of 6.9% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (534 or 92.2%), with Portuguese being second most common (22 or 3.8%) and German being third (13 or 2.2%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian. Of the population in the municipality 162 or about 28.0% were born in Thierrens and lived there in 2000. There were 242 or 41.8% who were born in the same canton, while 62 or 10.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 91 or 15.7% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 8 live births to Swiss citizens and 4 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens.