Bioley-Magnoux () is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Bioley-Magnoux is first mentioned in 1228 as Biolai.
The village is located east of Yverdon and played some historic role in previous times. It is dominated by a medieval castle the origins of which date back to 1105. Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy 1433–1477, last reigning duke of Burgundy (1467–1477), son and successor of Philip the Good, made his quarters at the castle early in June 1476 on his way to Murten where he lost the battle against the confederates. The castle is now home to the Jonas-Foundation.
Geography
Bioley-Magnoux has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.
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 2.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 25.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 52.7% is used for growing crops and 13.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Yverdon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bioley-Magnoux became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.
The municipality is located on the border of the Gros-de-Vaud and the Nord-Vaudois regions. It is situated on a plateau on the hillside above the right bank of the Mentu river. It consists of the linear village of Bioley-Magnoux.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a wavy chevron Or, around it three birch leaves Argent two over one, pointing to the middle chief.
Demographics
Bioley-Magnoux has a population () of . , 4.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -4.5%. It has changed at a rate of -1.1% due to migration and at a rate of -3.4% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (157 or 92.9%) as their first language, with German being second most common (9 or 5.3%) and Portuguese being third (2 or 1.2%).
The age distribution, , in Bioley-Magnoux is; 9 children or 5.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 23 teenagers or 13.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 20 people or 11.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 25 people or 14.9% are between 30 and 39, 23 people or 13.7% are between 40 and 49, and 29 people or 17.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 13 people or 7.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 14 people or 8.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 12 people or 7.1% who are between 80 and 89.
, there were 57 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 100 married individuals, 9 widows or widowers and 3 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 68 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 16 households that consist of only one person and 6 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 69 households that answered this question, 23.2% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 27 married couples without children, 22 married couples with children There were 3 single parents with a child or children.
there were 33 single family homes (or 57.9% of the total) out of a total of 57 inhabited buildings. There were 7 multi-family buildings (12.3%), along with 14 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (24.6%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.3%).
, a total of 62 apartments (87.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 8 apartments (11.3%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 6 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Sights
The village is known for its annual Ascension Day road race which attracts participation from the surrounding region.