sports fields made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 17.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 9.3% is used for growing crops and 13.3% is pastures, while 16.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. The former municipality is located in the Boudry district, on a small hill above Lake Neuchâtel. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules two Doves passant standing on a Cross Argent throughout. Demographics Colombier had a population () of 5,510. , 20.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 16.4%. It has changed at a rate of 14.6% due to migration and at a rate of 1.5% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (4,229 or 86.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (220 or 4.5%) and Italian is the third (132 or 2.7%). There are 4 people who speak Romansh. , the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. The population was made up of 2,139 Swiss men (38.3% of the population) and 600 (10.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 2,363 Swiss women (42.3%) and 484 (8.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 892 or about 18.2% were born in Colombier and lived there in 2000. There were 1,646 or 33.6% who were born in the same canton, while 1,119 or 22.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,074 or 21.9% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.7%. , there were 1,904 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,441 married individuals, 273 widows or widowers and 279 individuals who are divorced. , there were 2,032 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 639 households that consist of only one person and 116 households with five or more people. , a total of 1,982 apartments (90.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 156 apartments (7.1%) were seasonally occupied and 44 apartments (2.0%) were