Chéserex

Chéserex (ʃez(ə)ʁɛ) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Chéserex is first mentioned around 1001-25 as Chiseras. Chéserex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.5% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.2%. Out of the forested land, 48.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.8% is used for growing crops and 2.7% is pastures and 6.3% is used for alpine pastures. The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Chéserex became part of the new district of Nyon. The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains. It consists of the village of Chéserex, the former Bonmont Abbey and the La Florettaz settlement. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess, 1. Argent, seme of billets Sable, semi-lion Sable langued Gules; 2. Gules, in base a Coupeaux Vert, two Keys saltirewise Argent. Chéserex has a population () of . , 23.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 21.6%. It has changed at a rate of 12.6% due to migration and at a rate of 10.1% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (828 or 79.4%), with German being second most common (83 or 8.0%) and English being third (69 or 6.6%). There are 10 people who speak Italian and 3 people who speak Romansh. The age distribution, , in Chéserex is; 138 children or 11.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 168 teenagers or 13.8% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 118 people or 9.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 157 people or 12.