Morges district

District de Morges
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
Main town :	Morges
FSO number :	2227
Area :	373.07  km²
Height range :	371–1679 m above sea level M.
Residents:	82,609 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	221 inhabitants per km²
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The district of Morges ( French: District de Morges) is an administrative unit of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . The main town is Morges . As of July 1, 2011, the Morges district consists of the following 62 municipalities:

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitant per km²
	Aclens	535	3.90	137
	Allaman	442	2.60	170
	Apples	1468	12.88	114
	Aubonne	3241	9.38	346
	Bale	537	8.45	64
	Berolle	305	9.61	32
	Beers	1590	25.06	63
	Bougy Villars	488	1.77	276
	Bremblens	548	2.91	188
	Buchillon	651	2.10	310
	Bussy chardonney	375	3.07	122
	Chavannes-le-Veyron	142	2.64	54
	Chevilly	314	3.89	81
	Chigny	359	0.89	403
	Clarmont	190	1.02	186
	Cossonay	3876	8.28	468
	Cottens (VD)	486	2.35	207
	Cuarnens	478	7.13	67
	Denens	747	3.30	226
	Denges	1611	1.66	970
	Dizy	222	3.04	73
	Echandens	2791	3.88	719
	Echichens	3058	13.27	230
	Eclépens	1213	5.80	209
	Etoy	2898	4.92	589
	Féchy	861	2.70	319
	Ferreyres	309	3.16	98
	Gimel	2190	18.88	116
	Gollion	941	5.45	173
	Grancy	398	5.67	70
	La Chaux (Cossonay)	410	6.74	61
	La Sarraz	2595	7.70	337
	Lavigny	999	4.00	250
	L'Isle	1001	16.22	62
	Lonay	2592	3.72	697
	Lully (VD)	786	2.05	383
	Lussy-sur-Morges	686	2.34	293
	Mauraz	59	0.50	118
	Moiry	310	6.66	47
	Mollens (VD)	283	10.99	26th
	Montherod	534	4.96	108
	Mont-la-Ville	465	19.79	23
	Montricher	949	26.02	36
	Morges	15,708	3.83	4101
	Orny	368	5.55	66
	Pampigny	1114	11.09	100
	Pompaples	847	4.44	191
	Préverenges	5287	1.87	2827
	Reverolle	398	1.18	337
	Romanel-sur-Morges	458	1.76	260
	Saint-Livres	689	8.12	85
	Saint-Oyens	446	3.06	146
	Saint-Prex	5682	5.54	1026
	Saubraz	418	3.71	113
	Senarclens	488	3.97	123
	Sévery	225	2.38	95
	Tolochenaz	1933	1.59	1216
	Vaux-sur-Morges	184	2.10	88
	Villars-sous-Yens	608	3.04	200
	Vufflens-le-Château	885	2.14	414
	Vullierens	508	6.84	74
	Yens	1430	9.51	150
Total (62)		82,609	373.07	221

Changes in the community since 2008

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  Municipalities from 2008

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  Municipalities until June 2011

• 1st January 2008: Change of district of the municipalities of Apples , Aubonne , Ballens , Berolle , Bière , Bougy-Villars , Féchy , Gimel , Mollens , Montherod , Pizy , Saint-Livres , Saint-Oyens and Saubraz from the Aubonne district → Morges district
• January 1, 2008: Change of district of the municipalities of Chavannes-le-Veyron , Chevilly , Cossonay , Cottens , Cuarnens , Dizy , Eclépens , Ferreyres , Gollion , Grancy , La Chaux (Cossonay) , La Sarraz , L'Isle , Mauraz , Moiry , Mont -la-Ville , Montricher , Orny , Pampigny , Pompaples , Senarclens and Sévery from the district of Cossonay → district of Morges
• January 1, 2008: Change of district of Allaman municipality from Rolle district → Morges district

• July 1, 2011: Merger of Aubonne and Pizy → Aubonne
• July 1, 2011: merger of Colombier , Echichens , Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges → Echichens

history

The municipalities in the District de Morges in 2007

Until December 31, 2007, the district was divided into the four Cercles, Morges , Ecublens , Colombier and Villars-sous-Yens .

Until the end of 2007 the district consisted of 34 municipalities, was 108.15 km² and had 71,682 inhabitants (end of 2006).

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2006)	Area in km²	Inhabitant per km²	Circle (cercle)
Aclens	389	3.90	100	Colombier
Chigny	266	0.89	299	Colombier
Clarmont	143	1.02	140	Colombier
Colombier	470	5.28	89	Colombier
Echichens	1035	2.56	404	Colombier
Monnaz	400	1.61	248	Colombier
Reverolle	343	1.18	291	Colombier
Romanel-sur-Morges	462	1.76	263	Colombier
Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges	405	3.85	105	Colombier
Vaux-sur-Morges	166	2.10	79	Colombier
Vufflens-le-Château	703	2.14	329	Colombier
Vullierens	407	6.84	60	Colombier
Bremblens	428	2.91	147	Ecublens
Bussigny-près-Lausanne	7641	4.82	1585	Ecublens
Chavannes-près-Renens	6086	1.65	3688	Ecublens
Denges	1441	1.66	868	Ecublens
Echandens	2064	3.88	532	Ecublens
Ecublens	10'239	5.71	1793	Ecublens
Lonay	2291	3.72	616	Ecublens
Préverenges	4508	1.87	2411	Ecublens
Saint-Sulpice	2927	1.85	1582	Ecublens
Villars-Sainte-Croix	660	1.65	400	Ecublens
Morges	14'081	3.83	3677	Morges
Tolochenaz	1682	1.59	1058	Morges
Buchillon	588	2.10	280	Villars-sous-Yens
Bussy chardonney	363	3.07	118	Villars-sous-Yens
Denens	651	3.30	197	Villars-sous-Yens
Etoy	2484	4.92	505	Villars-sous-Yens
Lavigny	763	4.00	191	Villars-sous-Yens
Lully	736	2.06	357	Villars-sous-Yens
Lussy-sur-Morges	568	2.34	243	Villars-sous-Yens
Saint-Prex	4747	5.54	857	Villars-sous-Yens
Villars-sous-Yens	558	3.04	184	Villars-sous-Yens
Yens	987	9.51	104	Villars-sous-Yens
Total (62)	71,682	108.15	663	(4)

Changes in the community until 2008

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  Municipalities until 1952

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  Municipalities until 1958

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  Municipalities until 1960

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  Municipalities until 2007

• January 1, 1953: Name change from Lussy VD → Lussy-sur-Morges

• 1 January 1959: name change from Bussigny-sur-Morges → Belmont-sur-Lausanne

• April 1, 1961: Fusion of Bussy-sur-Morges and Chardonney-sur-Morges → Bussy-Chardonney

• 1 January 2008: District exchange of communities Belmont-sur-Lausanne , Chavannes-près-Renens , Ecublens VD , Saint-Sulpice VD and Villars-Sainte-Croix from the district Morges → District Ouest lausannois

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.
3. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to four main areas (15.12.2017) of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO)

Web links

• Paul Bissegger: Morges (Vogtei, district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .