Fiez is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Fiez is first mentioned in 885 as Figiaco. Geography Fiez has an area, , of . Of this area, or 61.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 28.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 24.7% is used for growing crops and 3.1% is pastures, while 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 31.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was part of the Grandson District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Fiez became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois. The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains on the right bank of the Arnon river. In addition to the land around the main village, it also includes an exclave north of Chasseron mountain, with multiple seasonal herding camps. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Bend wavy Argent between two Arrow Points bendwise of the same. Demographics Fiez has a population () of . , 11.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. The population grew by 18.8% between 1999 and 2009; migration accounted for 11.8% of this growth. Most of the population () speaks French (322 or 93.3%), with German being second most common (10 or 2.9%) and Spanish being third (5 or 1.4%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian. Of the population in the municipality 91 or about 26.4% were born in Fiez and lived there in 2000. There were 157 or 45.5% who were born in the same canton, while 48 or 13.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 39 or 11.3% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there was 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population