Berolle is municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
Berolle is first mentioned in 1235 as Birula. In 1453 it was mentioned as Birolaz.
Berolle has an area, as of 2009, of 9.6 square kilometers (3.7 sq mi). Of this area, 3.41 km (1.32 sq mi) or 35.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.9 km (2.3 sq mi) or 61.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km (0.097 sq mi) or 2.6% is settled (buildings or ro...
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Berolle is municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
Berolle is first mentioned in 1235 as Birula. In 1453 it was mentioned as Birolaz.
Berolle has an area, as of 2009, of 9.6 square kilometers (3.7 sq mi). Of this area, 3.41 km (1.32 sq mi) or 35.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.9 km (2.3 sq mi) or 61.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km (0.097 sq mi) or 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.03 km (7.4 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 58.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 24.3% is used for growing crops and 2.6% is pastures and 8.5% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality was part of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Berolle became part of the new...
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