Bière is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
Bière is first mentioned in 1177 as Beria.
Bière has an area, as of 2009, of 25.01 square kilometers (9.66 sq mi). Of this area, 9.57 km (3.69 sq mi) or 38.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.85 km (4.96 sq mi) or 51.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.68 km (0.65 sq mi) or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is ...
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Bière is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
Bière is first mentioned in 1177 as Beria.
Bière has an area, as of 2009, of 25.01 square kilometers (9.66 sq mi). Of this area, 9.57 km (3.69 sq mi) or 38.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.85 km (4.96 sq mi) or 51.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.68 km (0.65 sq mi) or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.85 km (0.33 sq mi) or 3.4% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, 48.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 21.8% is used for growing crops and 9.7% is pastures and 6.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 1.6% is unproductive vegetation...
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