Bière (Vaud)

Geschichte

Bière is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.HistoryBière is first mentioned in 1177 as Beria.GeographyBière has an area, of 25.01km2. Of this area, 9.57km2 or 38.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.85km2 or 51.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.68km2 or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.85km2 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 and 1.8% is too rocky for vegetation.The municipality was part of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bière became part of the new district of Morges.The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains in the middle of a largely agricultural valley.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, from a base Gules three pine trees Vert.DemographicsBière has a population of., 18.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 3.2%. It has changed at a rate of 0.3% due to migration and at a rate of 2.3% due to births and deaths.