Colombier (Vaud)

Geschichte

Colombier is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.The municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.HistoryColombier is first mentioned in 937 as Columbaris.Bertha of Swabia (c. 907 – after January 2, 966), Queen consort of Burgundy, married with Hugh of Italy on December 12, 937 in the church of Colombier. Scenes can be seen today on the stained glass windows of the church. She lived in the castle of Colombier.GeographyColombier has an area, of 5.3km2. Of this area, 4.35km2 or 82.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.51km2 or 9.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.36km2 or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.04km2 or 0.8% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, 8.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 76.7% is used for growing crops and 2.7% is pastures, while 3.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality was part of the old Morges District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Colombier became part of the new district of Morges.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Chervon Argent.