Croy is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Croy is first mentioned in 1498 as Croy. Geography Croy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 45.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 48.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 46.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.8% is used for growing crops and 14.3% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Croy became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois. The municipality is located on a plateau above the Nozon valley. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, a Saltire counterchanged. Demographics Croy has a population () of . , 9.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 16.4%. It has changed at a rate of 15.6% due to migration and at a rate of 1.1% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (252 or 94.4%), with Portuguese being second most common (5 or 1.9%) and Italian being third (4 or 1.5%). There are 3 people who speak German and 1 person who speaks Romansh. The age distribution, , in Croy is; 33 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 36 teenagers or 11.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 28 people or 8.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 44 people or 13.8% are between 30 and 39, 43 people or 13.4% are between 40 and 49, and 38 people or 11.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 42 people or 13.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 29 people or 9.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 24 people or 7.5% who are between