Agiez is a municipality of the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Agiez is first mentioned in 1011 as in Aziaco. Geography Agiez has an area, , of . Of this area, or 63.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 51.0% is used for growing crops and 10.6% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. 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 Agiez became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois. The municipality is located on a plateau above the banks of the Orbe river. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, two crossed pikes counterchanged. Demographics Agiez has a population () of . , 13.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 12.5%. It has changed at a rate of 14.3% due to migration and at a rate of -2.2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (216 or 96.4%), with Portuguese being second most common (4 or 1.8%) and German being third (2 or 0.9%). The age distribution, , in Agiez is; 37 children or 14.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 33 teenagers or 13.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 14 people or 5.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 44 people or 17.5% are between 30 and 39, 32 people or 12.7% are between 40 and 49, and 31 people or 12.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 34 people or 13.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 17 people or 6.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 5 people or 2.0% who are between 80 and