Cossonay District was a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of 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 ...

, Switzerland. The seat of the district was the town of

Cossonay Cossonay is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is part of the district of Morges. History Cossonay has both Roman ruins and medieval graves. The first documentation of the settlement dates from 1096 under the name ''Cochoni ...

. It was dissolved on 31 August 2006.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
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Mergers and name changes

* On 1 January 1999 the former municipalities of Villars-Lussery and Lussery merged to form the new municipality of Lussery-Villars. * On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Bettens, Bournens, Boussens, Daillens, Lussery-Villars, Mex (VD), Penthalaz, Penthaz, Sullens and Vufflens-la-Ville came from the District de Cossonay to join the

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 ...

. * On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of La Chaux (Cossonay), Chavannes-le-Veyron, Chevilly, Cossonay, Cottens (VD), Cuarnens, Dizy, Eclépens, Ferreyres, Gollion, Grancy, L'Isle, Mauraz, Moiry, Mont-la-Ville, Montricher, Orny, Pampigny, Pompaples, La Sarraz, Senarclens and Sévery came from the District de Cossonay to join the

Morges District Morges District is a district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Morges. Geography Morges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.9% is forested. ...

.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
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Municipalities

References

Former districts of the canton of Vaud {{Vaud-geo-stub