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Montilliez
Montilliez is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Montilliez.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Dommartin is first mentioned in 908 as ''Domno Martino villa''. Naz is first mentioned around 1200 as ''Nars''. Poliez-le-Grand is first mentioned around 1160-79 as ''Poleto''. In 1225 it was mentioned as ''Pollie lo Grant''. Sugnens is first mentioned in 1177 as ''Sugnens''. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gros-de-Vaud District
Gros-de-Vaud District (french: District du Gros-de-Vaud) is a district in Vaud canton. Gros-de-Vaud has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Demographics Gros-de-Vaud has a population () of . In there were 312 live births to Swiss citizens and 54 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 217 deaths of Swiss citizens and 17 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 95 while the foreign population i ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dommartin, Switzerland
Dommartin is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Montilliez.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Dommartin is first mentioned in 908 as ''Domno Martino villa''.Geography Dommartin had an area, , of . Of this area, or 59.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 35.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads).[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naz, Switzerland
Naz is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Montilliez.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Naz is first mentioned around 1200 as ''Nars''.Geography Naz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 69.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads).[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliez-le-Grand
Poliez-le-Grand is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Montilliez.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Poliez-le-Grand is first mentioned around 1160-79 as ''Poleto''. In 1225 it was mentioned as ''Pollie lo Grant''.Geography Poliez-le-Grand has an area, , of . Of this area, or 79.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 11.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads).[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugnens
Sugnens is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Montilliez.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Sugnens is first mentioned in 1177 as ''Sugnens''.Geography Sugnens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads).[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fey, Switzerland
Fey is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Fey is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Fei''. Geography Fey has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 52.0% is used for growing crops and 15.5% is pastures. The municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villars-le-Terroir
Villars-le-Terroir is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Geography Villars-le-Terroir has an area, , of . Of this area, or 77.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 14.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 64.0% is used for growing crops and 12.8% is pastures. The municipality was part of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Switzerland
Municipalities (german: Gemeinden, ' or '; french: communes; it , comuni; rm, vischnancas) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of the Swiss cantons, which form the Swiss Confederation. In most cantons, municipalities are also part of districts or other sub-cantonal administrative divisions. There are 2,136 municipalities . Their populations range between several hundred thousand (Zürich), and a few dozen people (Kammersrohr, Bister), and their territory between 0.32 km² (Rivaz) and 439 km² (Scuol). History The beginnings of the modern municipality system date back to the Helvetic Republic. Under the Old Swiss Confederacy, citizenship was granted by each town and village to only residents. These citizens enjoyed access to community property and in some cases additional protection under the law. Additionally, the urban towns and the rural villages had differing rights and laws. The creation of a uniform Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland (german: Kanton; french: canton ; it, cantone; Sursilvan and Surmiran: ; Vallader and Puter: ; Sutsilvan: ; Rumantsch Grischun: ) are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the . Two important periods in the development of the Old Swiss Confederacy are summarized by the terms ('Eight Cantons'; from 1353–1481) and ('Thirteen Cantons', from 1513–1798).rendered "the 'confederacy of eight'" and "the 'Thirteen-Canton Confederation'", respectively, in: Each canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, formerly also ('lieu/locality', from before 1450), or ('estate', from ), was a fully sovereign state with its own border controls, army, and currency from at least the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848, with a brief period of centralised government during the Helvetic Republic ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolour. Vaud is the third largest canton of the country by population and fourth by size. It is located in Romandy, the French-speaking western part of the country; and borders the canton of Neuchâtel to the north, the cantons of Fribourg and Bern to the east, the canton of Valais to the south, the canton of Geneva to the south-west and France to the west. The geography of the canton includes all three natural regions of Switzerland: the Jura Mountains, the Swiss Plateau and the (Swiss) Alps. It also includes some of the largest lakes of the country: Lake Geneva and Lake Neuchâtel. It is a major tourist destination, renowned for its landscapes and gastronomy. The largest city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
