Le Vaud is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Geography Le Vaud has an area, , of . Of this area, or 50.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 19.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 14.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area Out of the forested land, 27.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 27.3% is used for growing crops and 20.3% is pastures and 2.6% is used for alpine pastures. The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Le Vaud became part of the new district of Nyon. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Shovel upright Argent crossed with two Keys in saltire of the same. Demographics Le Vaud has a population () of . , 17.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 24.8%. It has changed at a rate of 15.4% due to migration and at a rate of 9.2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (754 or 80.0%), with English being second most common (77 or 8.2%) and German being third (71 or 7.5%). There are 7 people who speak Italian. The age distribution, , in Le Vaud is; 189 children or 15.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 165 teenagers or 13.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 94 people or 7.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 165 people or 13.9% are between 30 and 39, 219 people or 18.5% are between 40 and 49, and 170 people or 14.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 101 people or 8.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 46 people or 3.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 31 people or 2.6% who are between 80 and 89, and