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Juriens is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryJuriens is first mentioned in 1263 as iurians. In 1359 it was mentioned as Juriens.GeographyJuriens has an area, of 9.4km2. Of this area, 4.35km2 or 46.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.69km2 or 50.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.28km2 or 3.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01km2 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 armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, a Pine-tree eradicated counterchanged.DemographicsJuriens has a population of., 1.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 12.3%. It has changed at a rate of 16% due to migration and at a rate of -3.7% due to births and deaths.