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Chardonney-sur-Morges is a village and former municipality in the district of
Morges Morges (; la, Morgiis, plural, probably ablative, else dative; frp, Môrges) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud and the seat of the district of Morges. It is located on Lake Geneva. History Morges is first mentioned in 1288 as ' ...
in the
canton of 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 b ...
,
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. It was first recorded in year 1324 as ''Chardonne''. The municipality had 58 inhabitants in 1798, which increased to 60 in 1860 and 66 in 1960. In 1961 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality
Bussy-sur-Morges Bussy-sur-Morges is a village and former municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It was first recorded in year 1059 as ''Bussi''. In 1961, the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Chardonney- ...
to form a new and larger municipality
Bussy-Chardonney Bussy-Chardonney ( frp, Bussê-Chardenê) is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. The municipality was created in 1961 by a merger of Bussy-sur-Morges and Chardonney-sur-Morges.< ...
. This union had formerly existed before 1744 and between 1799 and 1819. The village is served by a station on the Bière–Apples–Morges railway.


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* Villages in the canton of Vaud Former municipalities of the canton of Vaud {{Vaud-geo-stub