Bougy-Villars

Bougy-Villars is a municipality in the Swiss the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. 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. Thereafter, it was known as Bougy until 1953, when it became Bougy-Villars. Bougy-Villars has an area, as of 2009, of 1.77 square kilometers (0.68 sq mi). Of this area, 0.68 km (0.26 sq mi) or 38.4% is... More

Bougy-Villars is a municipality in the Swiss the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. 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. Thereafter, it was known as Bougy until 1953, when it became Bougy-Villars. Bougy-Villars has an area, as of 2009, of 1.77 square kilometers (0.68 sq mi). Of this area, 0.68 km (0.26 sq mi) or 38.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.4 km (0.15 sq mi) or 22.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.69 km (0.27 sq mi) or 39.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km (2.5 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.1%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 23.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 9.0% is used for growing crops and 5.6% is...

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