Mont-la-Ville

Geschichte

Mont-la-Ville is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.HistoryMont-la-Ville is first mentioned in 1140 as in Monte Villa.GeographyMont-la-Ville has an area, of 19.75km2. Of this area, 8.81km2 or 44.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 10.32km2 or 52.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.58km2 or 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.05km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 49.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 12.5% is used for growing crops and 7.0% is pastures and 24.8% is used for alpine pastures.The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Mont-la-Ville became part of the new district of Morges.The municipality is located in the southeast foothills of the Jura Mountains along the road to Mollendruz. It consists of the village of Mont-la-Ville and the hamlet of Chaume as well as scattered farm houses.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale, Azure and Argent, two Arrowpoints counterchanged, overall in base a Coupeaux Or.DemographicsMont-la-Ville has a population of., 5.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 9%. It has changed at a rate of 12.5% due to migration and at a rate of -1.9% due to births and deaths.