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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.
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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 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%).
, there were 88 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 108 married individuals, 13 widows or widowers and 15 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 98 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.
, a total of 94 apartments (87.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 7 apartments (6.5%) were seasonally occupied and 7 apartments (6.5%) were empty.
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Sights
The entire village of Agiez is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (13.89%), the Green Party (10.84%) and the FDP (10.03%). In the federal election, a total of 85 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.1%.
Economy
, Agiez had an unemployment rate of 4.2%. , there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 25 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 9 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 5 businesses in this sector.
, there were 11 workers who commuted into the municipality and 64 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 5.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 5.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.7% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 22 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 14 students in those schools.
, there were 15 students in Agiez who came from another municipality, while 34 residents attended schools outside the municipality.