Berolle

Geschichte

Berolle is municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.HistoryBerolle is first mentioned in 1235 as Birula. In 1453 it was mentioned as Birolaz.GeographyBerolle has an area, of 9.6km2. Of this area, 3.41km2 or 35.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.9km2 or 61.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25km2 or 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.03km2 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 district of Morges.The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Berolle and there hamlets.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, in a heart Argent two pinetrees eradicated Vert.DemographicsBerolle has a population of., 8.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 40.4%. It has changed at a rate of 34% due to migration and at a rate of 9.9% due to births and deaths.