Poliez-Pittet is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Poliez-Pittet is first mentioned around 1160-79 as Poleto. In 1230 it was mentioned as Pollie lo Pitet. Geography Poliez-Pittet has an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 35.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 41.9% is used for growing crops and 12.6% is pastures. The municipality was part of the Echallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Poliez-Pittet became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud. The municipality is located on the left bank of the Mentue river. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Roman Soldier's Head Argent, helmeted Or; chief Argent. The name Poliez is derived from Polliacus, the name of a local land owner in the Roman era. Demographics Poliez-Pittet has a population () of . , 6.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 25%. It has changed at a rate of 15% due to migration and at a rate of 10.5% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (517 or 95.2%), with German being second most common (10 or 1.8%) and Portuguese being third (6 or 1.1%). There are 3 people who speak Italian. Of the population in the municipality 198 or about 36.5% were born in Poliez-Pittet and lived there in 2000. There were 224 or 41.3% who were born in the same canton, while 57 or 10.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 54 or 9.9% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 2 while the foreign population remained the same. At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men who immigrated from another country to Switzerland.