Novalles

Novalles
Coat of arms
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Location of Novalles
Coordinates: 46°49′N 06°35′E / 46.817°N 6.583°E / 46.817; 6.583Coordinates: 46°49′N 06°35′E / 46.817°N 6.583°E / 46.817; 6.583
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Jura-Nord Vaudois
Government
• Mayor	Syndic André Guillet
Area
• Total	2.06 km2 (0.80 sq mi)
Elevation	550 m (1,800 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	102
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Lè Tsa
Postal code	1431
SFOS number	5564
Surrounded by	Bullet, Grandevent, Fontaines-sur-Grandson, Giez, Vugelles-La Mothe
Website	website missing Profile (French), SFSO statistics

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

Novalles is first mentioned in 1179 as Novellis.

Novalles has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.06 square kilometers (0.80 sq mi). Of this area, 0.96 km² (0.37 sq mi) or 46.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.01 km² (0.39 sq mi) or 49.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.09 km² (22 acres) or 4.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 32.5% is used for growing crops and 12.1% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops.

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

The municipality is located north-west of Grandson on a plateau and along the left bank of the Arnon river. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Novalles and the hamlet of Le Moulin.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, overall a Mining-wheel Or.

Novalles has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 102. As of 2008^[update], 3.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -8%. It has changed at a rate of -4% due to migration and at a rate of -4% due to births and deaths.