Étagnières is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Étagnières is first mentioned in 1202 as Etanneres. A Roman-era forge has been excavated at the village. Geography Étagnières has an area, , of . Of this area, or 73.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 13.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 59.6% is used for growing crops and 13.7% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was part of the Échallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Étagnières became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud. The municipality is located in the Gros-de-Vaud region. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, three Bars wavy Or, overall a Raven statant Sable. Demographics Étagnières has a population () of . , 16.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 17.9%. It has changed at a rate of 11.9% due to migration and at a rate of 6.3% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (721 or 90.1%), with German being second most common (20 or 2.5%) and Italian being third (19 or 2.4%). There is 1 person who speaks Romansh. Of the population in the municipality 172 or about 21.5% were born in Étagnières and lived there in 2000. There were 357 or 44.6% who were born in the same canton, while 117 or 14.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 140 or 17.5% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 2 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 3 non-Swiss men and