Concise, Switzerland

Concise is first mentioned in 1179 as Concisa. Concise has an area, as of 2009, of 11.4 square kilometers (4.4 sq mi). Of this area, 2.78 km (1.07 sq mi) or 24.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.56 km (2.92 sq mi) or 66.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1 km (0.39 sq mi) or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km (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.