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Agiez
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.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 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 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jura-North Vaudois District
Jura-Nord Vaudois District (french: district du Jura-Nord vaudois) is a district in Vaud canton of Switzerland. Its capital is Yverdon-les-Bains. Geography Jura-Nord vaudois has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Demographics Jura-Nord vaudois has a population () of . In there were 605 live births to Swiss citizens and 195 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 608 deaths of Swiss citizens and 48 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orbe District
Orbe District was a district of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Mergers and name changes * On 1 January 1970 the former municipalities of Envy and Romainmôtier merged to form the new municipality of Romainmôtier-Envy. * On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of L'Abergement, Agiez, Arnex-sur-Orbe, Ballaigues, Baulmes, Bavois, Bofflens, Bretonnières, Chavornay, Les Clées, Corcelles-sur-Chavornay, Croy, Juriens, Lignerolle, Montcherand, Orbe, La Praz, Premier, Rances, Romainmôtier-Envy, Sergey, Valeyres-sous-Rances, Vallorbe, Vaulion and Vuiteboeuf came from the District d'Orbe to join the Jura-North Vaudois District.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 4 April 2011 Municipalities *< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bofflens
Bofflens is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Bofflens is first mentioned in 1007 as ''in curte Bofflenis''. In 1011 it was mentioned as ''Boflinges''. Geography Bofflens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bretonnières
Bretonnières is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Bretonnières is first mentioned in 1154 as ''Bretoneres''. Geography Bretonnières has an area, , of . Of this area, or 44.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 46.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.0% of the area Out of the forested land, 44.4% of the total land area is he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Clées
Les Clées is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Les Clées is first mentioned in 1134 as ''Clees''. Above the village are the remains of the castle. The keep was restored in the 19th century, but the rest of castle remained in ruins. During the Middle Ages was a city that was granted numerous freedoms in 1272 by the Count of Savoy. It owed its prosperity to the traffic through the Jougne Pass and the tolls that the castle collected on the pass road. Starting in 1536 it belonged to the bailiwick of Yverdon. The city was the center of the Les Clées district or bailiwick, which also included another eight villages. From the 15th century until 1566, the Vallée de Joux also belonged to the district. In 1134, Pope Innocent II tried in vain to prohibit the reconstruction of the castle. In 1232, Hugo IV, the Duke of Burgundy granted the district to Guillaume II, the Count of Geneva. The Duke of Burgundy also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montcherand
Montcherand is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Montcherand is first mentioned in 1324 as ''Montcherant''. Geography Montcherand has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area while parks, green belts and spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orbe
Orbe (; la, Urba; older german: Orbach, ; frp, Orba) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the former district of Orbe and is now part of the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois. History Orbe is first mentioned about 280 as ''Urba''. In 1179, it was mentioned as ''versus Orbam''. Ancient history During the Roman era, Orbe – then known as Urba – was a town of Gallia, in the territory of the Helvetii. In the Antonine Itinerary, it is placed between Lacus Lausonius and Ariolica, xviii m.p. from Lacus Lausonius and xxiiii m.p. from Ariolica. On the Boscéaz hill, a Roman villa was built by an unknown landowner. The mosaics of the villa are still visible. Middle ages By the Middle Ages, Orbe sat on the road over the Jougne Pass and at the crossroads of two major transportation routes. One stretched from the Jura Mountains to the Alps while the other ran from the Rhine River to the Rhone River. The municipality grew up on both sides of the Orbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnex-sur-Orbe
Arnex-sur-Orbe (, literally ''Arnex on Orbe'') is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois. History Arnex-sur-Orbe is first mentioned in 1049 as ''Arniacum''. Geography Arnex-sur-Orbe has an area, , of . Of this area, or 73.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. Out of the forested land, 18.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primary Sector Of The Economy
The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in developing countries than it does in developed countries. For example, in 2018, agriculture, forestry, and fishing comprised more than 15% of GDP in sub-Saharan Africa but less than 1% of GDP in North America. In developed countries the primary sector has become more technologically advanced, enabling for example the mechanization of farming, as compared with lower-tech methods in poorer countries. More developed economies may invest additional capital in primary means of production: for example, in the United States corn belt, combine harvesters pick the corn, and sprayers spray large amounts of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, producing a higher yield than is possible using less capital-intensive techniques. These technologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council since 1960 and received the second highest total number of votes in the 2019 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, currently Alain Berset and Simonetta Sommaruga. As of September 2019, the SP is the second largest political party in the Federal Assembly. Unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP is the largest pro-European party in Switzerland and supports Swiss membership of the European Union. Additionally, it is strongly opposed to capitalism and main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Party Of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland (german: GRÜNE Schweiz; french: Les VERT-E-S suisses; it, VERDI svizzeri; rm, VERDA svizra) is the fourth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council. History The first Green party in Switzerland was founded as a local party in 1971 in the town of Neuchâtel. In 1979, Daniel Brélaz was elected to the National Council as the first Green MP on the national level (in Switzerland and in the world). Local and regional Green parties and organisations were founded in many different towns and cantons in the following years. In 1983, two different national green party federations were created: in May, diverse local green groups came together in Fribourg to form the ''Federation of Green Parties of Switzerland'', and in June, some left-alternative groups formed the ''Green Alternative Party of Switzerland'' in Bern. In 1990, an attempt to combine these organisations failed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voter Turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford University political scientists Adam Bonica and Michael McFaul, there is a consensus among political scientists that "democracies perform better when more people vote." Institutional factors drive the vast majority of differences in turnout rates.Michael McDonald and Samuel Popkin"The Myth of the Vanishing Voter"in American Political Science Review. December 2001. p. 970. For example, simpler parliamentary democracies where voters get shorter ballots, fewer elections, and a multi-party system that makes accountability easier see much higher turnout than the systems of the United States, Japan, and Switzerland. Significance Some parts of society are more likely to vote than others. As turnout approaches 90%, significant differences between vot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
