Pampigny

Geschichte

Pampigny is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryPampigny is first mentioned in 1141 as Pampiniaco.GeographyPampigny has an area, of 11.09km2. Of this area, 6.4km2 or 57.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.05km2 or 36.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.56km2 or 5.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.07km2 or 0.6% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 49.4% is used for growing crops and 8.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Pampigny became part of the new district of Morges.The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, two Crosses in slatire Argent, surrounded by four Acorns Or.DemographicsPampigny has a population of., 9.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 20.6%. It has changed at a rate of 14.9% due to migration and at a rate of 5.1% due to births and deaths.