Villars-Sainte-Croix

Geschichte

Villars-Sainte-Croix is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois.HistoryThe Order of St John owned the old village church and a hospital which is mentioned in records from before 1272. The buildings still existed as ruins in 1546. Both had been part of the commandry of La Chaux.GeographyVillars-Sainte-Croix has an area, of 1.7km2. Of this area, 0.89km2 or 53.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.15km2 or 9.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.62km2 or 37.6% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 17.6%. Out of the forested land, 7.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.6% is used for growing crops and 8.5% is pastures, while 1.8% 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 Villars-Sainte-Croix became part of the new district of Ouest Lausannois.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, a Maltese Cross counterchanged.DemographicsVillars-Sainte-Croix has a population of., 23.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 19.8%. It has changed at a rate of 14.2% due to migration and at a rate of 5.3% due to births and deaths.