Sévery

Geschichte

Sévery is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.HistorySévery is first mentioned in 979 as Siuiriaco. In 1453 it was mentioned as Syuiriez.GeographySévery has an area, of 2.38km2. Of this area, 2.01km2 or 84.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.25km2 or 10.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.14km2 or 5.9% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 7.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 73.5% is used for growing crops and 10.5% is pastures.The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Sévery became part of the new district of Morges.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Cross bottony Argent, in Chief Argent three Escallops Sable.DemographicsSévery has a population of., 7.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 30.9%. It has changed at a rate of 29% due to migration and at a rate of 3.1% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (179 or 92.7%), with German being second most common (7 or 3.6%) and Portuguese being third (3 or 1.6%). There are 2 people who speak Italian.