Concise

Concise
Concise village and church of Saint-Jean Baptiste
Coat of arms
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Location of Concise
Coordinates: 46°51′N 06°43′E / 46.850°N 6.717°E / 46.850; 6.717Coordinates: 46°51′N 06°43′E / 46.850°N 6.717°E / 46.850; 6.717
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Jura-Nord Vaudois
Government
• Mayor	Syndic Michel Paris
Area
• Total	11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Elevation	438 m (1,437 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	957
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Les Concisois Les Rebibes
Postal code	1426
SFOS number	5554
Localities	La Raisse
Surrounded by	Mutrux, Vaumarcus (NE), Corcelles-près-Concise, Bonvillars, Provence
Website	www.concise.ch Profile (French), SFSO statistics

Concise is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Concise is first mentioned in 1179 as Concisa.

Concise has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 11.4 square kilometers (4.4 sq mi). Of this area, 2.78 km² (1.07 sq mi) or 24.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.56 km² (2.92 sq mi) or 66.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1 km² (0.39 sq mi) or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area Out of the forested land, 64.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 9.0% is used for growing crops and 6.3% is pastures, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 4.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

The municipality was part of the Grandson District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Concise became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.

The municipality is located along the border with the Canton of Neuchatel. It stretches from the shores of Lake Neuchatel to Mont Aubert. It consists of the village of Concise, the hamlets of La Lance and La Raisse and multiple alpine settlements in the Jura Mountains.

The municipalities of Concise, Corcelles-près-Concise, Mutrux and Onnens are considering a merger on 1 January 2014 into the new municipality of with an, as of 2011^[update], undetermined name.