Lavey-Morcles is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Aigle.
The municipality was created in 1852 by a merger of Morcles and Lavey.
Lavey-Morcles is first mentioned in 1016 as A Laver. In 1189 it was mentioned as Laveto and as Lavey.
Lavey-Morcles has an area, as of 2009, of 14.19 square kilometers (5.48 sq mi). Of this area, 2.6 km (1.0 sq mi) or 18.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.93 km (3...
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Lavey-Morcles is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Aigle.
The municipality was created in 1852 by a merger of Morcles and Lavey.
Lavey-Morcles is first mentioned in 1016 as A Laver. In 1189 it was mentioned as Laveto and as Lavey.
Lavey-Morcles has an area, as of 2009, of 14.19 square kilometers (5.48 sq mi). Of this area, 2.6 km (1.0 sq mi) or 18.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.93 km (3.45 sq mi) or 62.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.73 km (0.28 sq mi) or 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.2 km (0.077 sq mi) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes and 1.68 km (0.65 sq mi) or 11.8% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 56.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.0% is used for growing crops and 3.2% is...
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