Juriens
Juriens is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Juriens is first mentioned in 1263 as iurians. In 1359 it was mentioned as Juriens. Geography Juriens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 46.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 50.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 47.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.2% is used for growing crops and 10.7% is pastures and 17.4% is used for alpine pastures. The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Juriens became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois. The municipality is located on the slope of the Mollendruz. It consists of the village of Juriens and the hamlet of Cosson. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per