Morges (district)
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Morges District is a district
Districts of Switzerland
In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each canton iscompletely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality, loosely termed...

 in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...

 of Vaud
Vaud
Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...

 in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. The seat of the district is the city of Morges
Morges
Morges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges and is also the seat of the district.-History:...

.

Geography

Morges has an area, , of 372.99 square kilometres (144 sq mi). Of this area, 205.69 km² (79.4 sq mi) or 55.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 126.4 km² (48.8 sq mi) or 33.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 38.25 km² (14.8 sq mi) or 10.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 2.66 km² (1 sq mi) or 0.7% is unproductive land.

Demographics

Morges has a population of .

Most of the population speaks French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 (56,847 or 82.3%), with German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 being second most common (3,224 or 4.7%) and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

 being third (2,589 or 3.7%). There are 22 people who speak Romansh.

Of the population in the district 12,738 or about 18.4% were born in Morges and lived there in 2000. There were 23,191 or 33.6% who were born in the same canton, while 11,880 or 17.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 19,384 or 28.1% were born outside of Switzerland.

In there were 592 live births to Swiss citizens and 198 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 484 deaths of Swiss citizens and 55 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 108 while the foreign population increased by 143. There were 37 Swiss men and 27 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 585 non-Swiss men and 629 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 417 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1055 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.1%.

The age distribution, , in Morges is; 8,300 children or 11.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 9,051 teenagers or 12.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 8,180 people or 11.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 10,572 people or 14.6% are between 30 and 39, 11,911 people or 16.5% are between 40 and 49, and 9,153 people or 12.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 7,634 people or 10.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 4,411 people or 6.1% are between 70 and 79,there are 2,489 people or 3.4% who are 80 and 89, and there are 531 people or 0.7% who are 90 and older.

, there were 28,815 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 32,925 married individuals, 3,126 widows or widowers and 4,211 individuals who are divorced.

There were 9,904 households that consist of only one person and 1,599 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 29,876 households that answered this question, 33.2% were households made up of just one person and there were 117 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 7,893 married couples without children, 9,114 married couples with children There were 1,660 single parents with a child or children. There were 563 households that were made up of unrelated people and 625 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.

The historical population is given in the following chart:

Mergers and name changes

On 1 September 2006, the former Aubonne district (District d'Aubonne), Cossonay district (District de Cossonay) and Morges district (District de Morges) were dissolved and merged into the new Morges district.
  • The municipalities of Apples, Aubonne, Ballens, Berolle, Bière, Bougy-Villars, Féchy, Gimel, Mollens (VD), Montherod, Pizy, Saint-Livres, Saint-Oyens and Saubraz came from the Aubonne district (District d'Aubonne).

  • 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 Cossonay district (District de Cossonay).

  • The municipalities of Aclens, Bremblens, Buchillon, Bussy-Chardonney, Chigny, Clarmont, Colombier (VD), Denens, Denges, Echandens, Echichens, Etoy, Lavigny, Lonay, Lully (VD), Lussy-sur-Morges, Monnaz, Morges, Préverenges, Reverolle, Romanel-sur-Morges, Saint-Prex, Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges, Tolochenaz, Vaux-sur-Morges and Villars-sous-Yens came from the old Morges district (District de Morges).

  • The municipality of Allaman came from the old District of Rolle.


On 1 July 2011 the municipalities of Colombier
Colombier, Vaud
Colombier is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.The municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.-Geography:...

, Monnaz
Monnaz
Monnaz is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.The municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.-Geography:...

 and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges
Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges
Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.The villages of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.-Geography:...

 merged into the municipality of Echichens
Echichens
Echichens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.The municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.-History:...

.

Politics

In the 2007 federal election
Swiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...

 the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...

 which received 22.18% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....

 (21.71%), the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....

 (14.66%) and the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...

 (14.08%). In the federal election, a total of 19,756 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...

 was 46.7%.

Religion

From the , 24,486 or 35.4% were Roman Catholic, while 26,305 or 38.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
Swiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...

. Of the rest of the population, there were 1,056 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...

 (or about 1.53% of the population), there were 46 individuals (or about 0.07% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...

, and there were 1,972 individuals (or about 2.85% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 127 individuals (or about 0.18% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

, and 2,263 (or about 3.28% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

ic. There were 150 individuals who were Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...

, 85 individuals who were Hindu
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...

 and 124 individuals who belonged to another church. 9,157 (or about 13.26% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....

 or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...

, and 3,306 individuals (or about 4.79% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education

In Morges about 24,337 or (35.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 11,370 or (16.5%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule
Fachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...

). Of the 11,370 who completed tertiary schooling, 48.6% were Swiss men, 26.5% were Swiss women, 15.2% were non-Swiss men and 9.7% were non-Swiss women.

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 9,184 students in the local and district school systems. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children. There were 203 (32.2%) children who received subsidized pre-school care. There were 4,838 students in the primary school program, which last four years. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 4,238 students in those schools. There were also 108 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.

Municipalities

The following municipalities
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...

 are located within the district:


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| Aclens
Aclens
Aclens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Aclens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.6% is forested...

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| Allaman
Allaman
Allaman is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The village is famous for the medieval Allaman Castle , built by the Count of Vaud in 1253.-Allaman Castle:...

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| Apples
Apples, Vaud
Apples is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.- History :Apples has a long history of settlements. Remains from the Neolithic, the Bronze Age, and the Romans have been found in the municipality. The first true settlement was founded by the Burgundians in...

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| Aubonne || align="center" | || align="center" | 6.87
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| Ballens
Ballens
Ballens is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:A tumulus from the Hallstatt time period was found near Ballens....

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| Berolle
Berolle
Berolle is municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-History:Berolle is first mentioned in 1235 as Birula. In 1453 it was mentioned as Birolaz.-Geography:...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 9.60
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| Bière || align="center" | || align="center" | 25.01
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| Bougy-Villars
Bougy-Villars
Bougy-Villars is a municipality in the Swiss the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-History:Bougy-Villars is first mentioned in 996 as in villa Balgedelco. Starting in 1285 and until the end of the 19th Century, it was known as Bougy-Milon...

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| Bremblens
Bremblens
Bremblens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Bremblens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.3% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 2.90
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| Buchillon
Buchillon
Buchillon is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-History:Buchillon is first mentioned in 1228 as Chanliva. In 1339 it was mentioned as Buschillion.-Geography:...

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| Bussy-Chardonney
Bussy-Chardonney
Bussy-Chardonney is a 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 also existed before 1744 and between 1799 and 1819....

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| Chavannes-le-Veyron
Chavannes-le-Veyron
Chavannes-le-Veyron is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Chavannes-le-Veyron has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.9% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 2.63
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| Chevilly || align="center" | || align="center" | 3.87
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| Chigny || align="center" | || align="center" | 0.90
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| Clarmont
Clarmont
Clarmont is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Clarmont has an area, , of . Of this area, or 82.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 11.0% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 1.00
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| Cossonay
Cossonay
Cossonay is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat 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 Cochoniacum...

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| Cottens || align="center" | || align="center" | 2.36
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| Cuarnens
Cuarnens
Cuarnens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Cuarnens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.3% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 7.14
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| Denens
Denens
Denens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Denens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 85.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.0% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 3.29
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| Denges
Denges
Denges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-History:Denges is first mentioned around 1107-11 as apud Dangias. In 1164 it was mentioned as Denges.-Geography:...

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| Dizy || align="center" | || align="center" | 3.04
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| Eclépens
Eclépens
Eclépens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Eclépens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.2% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 5.81
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| Echandens
Echandens
Echandens is a municipality in the district of Morges of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.-Geography:Echandens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.0% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 3.88
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| Echichens
Echichens
Echichens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.The municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.-History:...


Colombier
Monnaz
Monnaz
Monnaz is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.The municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.-Geography:...


Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges
Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges
Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.The villages of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.-Geography:...

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| Etoy
Etoy, Switzerland
Etoy is a municipality of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Etoy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 6.7% is forested...

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| Féchy
Féchy
Féchy is a municipality located in the district of Morges of the Swiss canton of Vaud, in Romandy, the French-speaking part of the country.-Geography:...

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| Ferreyres
Ferreyres
Ferreyres is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-History:Ferreyres is first mentioned in 814 as Forrarias. In 1011 it was mentioned as Ferrieris.-Geography:...

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| Gimel || align="center" | || align="center" | 18.89
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| Gollion
Gollion
Gollion is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Gollion has an area, , of . Of this area, or 80.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 11.2% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 5.44
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| Grancy
Grancy
Grancy is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-History:Grancy is first mentioned in 1141 as Granci. In 1202 it was mentioned as Grantie.-Geography:...

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| La Chaux (Cossonay)
La Chaux (Cossonay)
La Chaux is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-History:La Chaux is first mentioned in 1228 as La Chaus. In 1277 it was mentioned as de Calce...

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| La Sarraz
La Sarraz
La Sarraz is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:La Sarraz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.0% is forested...

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| L'Isle
L'Isle
L'Isle is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-History:L'Isle is first mentioned in 1216 as Chablie. In 1299 it was mentioned as Insula de Chablie and in 1324 as Lylaz.-Geography:...

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| Lavigny || align="center" | || align="center" | 4.00
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| Lonay
Lonay
Lonay is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-History:Lonay is first mentioned around 1152-60 as Lonna. In 1177 it was mentioned as Losnay.-Geography:...

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| Lully || align="center" | || align="center" | 2.05
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| Lussy-sur-Morges
Lussy-sur-Morges
Lussy-sur-Morges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the Morges district.-Geography:Lussy-sur-Morges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.2% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 2.34
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| Mauraz
Mauraz
Mauraz is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Mauraz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 76.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.0% is forested...

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| Moiry || align="center" | || align="center" | 6.67
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| Mollens (VD) || align="center" | || align="center" | 11.00
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| Morges
Morges
Morges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges and is also the seat of the district.-History:...

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| Mont-la-Ville
Mont-la-Ville
Mont-la-Ville is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Mont-la-Ville has an area, , of . Of this area, or 44.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.3% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 19.75
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| Montherod
Montherod
Montherod is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Montherod has an area, , of . Of this area, or 46.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.5% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 4.97
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| Montricher
Montricher
Montricher is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-History:Montricher is first mentioned in 1049 as Mons Richarius. In 1301 it was mentioned as Montricher.-Geography:...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 25.98
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| Orny || align="center" | || align="center" | 5.56
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| Pampigny
Pampigny
Pampigny is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Pampigny is first mentioned in 1141 as Pampiniaco.-Geography:...

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| Pizy
Pizy
Pizy is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located in the district of Morges. On July 1, 2011 it was merged into Aubonne.-Geography:...

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| Pompaples
Pompaples
Pompaples is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Pompaples has an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.7% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 4.45
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| Préverenges
Préverenges
Préverenges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. It is a Suburb of the city of Lausanne.-Geography:...

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| Reverolle
Reverolle
Reverolle is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Reverolle has an area, , of . Of this area, or 79.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 1.7% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 1.18
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| Romanel-sur-Morges
Romanel-sur-Morges
Romanel-sur-Morges is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Romanel-sur-Morges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.0% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 1.75
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| Saint-Livres
Saint-Livres
Saint-Livres is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Saint-Livres has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.9% is forested...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 8.12
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| Saint-Oyens
Saint-Oyens
Saint-Oyens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud located at the top of the Jura mountains. It lies in the district of Morges.-History:...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 3.05
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| Saint-Prex
Saint-Prex
Saint-Prex is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.In 1973, St-Prex was awarded the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.-History:...

 || align="center" | || align="center" | 5.52
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| Saubraz
Saubraz
Saubraz is a municipality in Switzerland. It is located in the district of Morges, in the canton of Vaud.-History:Saubraz is first mentioned in the 13th Century as de Salubra. In 1251 it was mentioned as Saubra. The town formed around a church, which belonged to the Premonstratensian Abbey...

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| Senarclens
Senarclens
Senarclens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Senarclens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 86.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 5.0% is forested...

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| Sévery
Sévery
Sévery is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-History:Sévery is first mentioned in 979 as Siuiriaco. In 1453 it was mentioned as Syuiriez.-Geography:...

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| Tolochenaz
Tolochenaz
Tolochenaz is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Tolochenaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 6.9% is forested...

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| Vaux-sur-Morges
Vaux-sur-Morges
Vaux-sur-Morges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Vaux-sur-Morges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.3% is forested...

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| Villars-sous-Yens
Villars-sous-Yens
Villars-sous-Yens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Villars-sous-Yens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 76.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.4% is forested...

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| Vufflens-le-Château
Vufflens-le-Château
Vufflens-le-Château is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Vufflens-le-Château has an area, , of . Of this area, or 69.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.1% is forested...

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| Vullierens
Vullierens
Vullierens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. Vullierens is known for its castle, iris gardens and banqueting center "Portes des Iris".-Geography:...

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| Yens
Yens
Yens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Yens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 38.5% is forested...

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| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="center" | 372.96
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Municipalities merged on 1 July 2011. Population and area are all pre-merger.
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