Pompaples

Pompaples is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. Pompaples is first mentioned in 1049 as Pons Papuli. Pompaples has an area, as of 2009, of 4.45 square kilometers (1.72 sq mi). Of this area, 3.14 km (1.21 sq mi) or 70.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.83 km (0.32 sq mi) or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.42 km (0.16 sq mi) or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 k... More

Pompaples is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. Pompaples is first mentioned in 1049 as Pons Papuli. Pompaples has an area, as of 2009, of 4.45 square kilometers (1.72 sq mi). Of this area, 3.14 km (1.21 sq mi) or 70.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.83 km (0.32 sq mi) or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.42 km (0.16 sq mi) or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km (7.4 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km (4.9 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 14.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 57.5% is used for growing crops and 11.5% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was part...

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