Montilliez

Montilliez
Poliez-le-Grand town hall
Location of Montilliez
Montilliez
Montilliez
Coordinates: 46°39′N 6°40′E / 46.650°N 6.667°E / 46.650; 6.667
CountrySwitzerland
CantonVaud
DistrictGros-de-Vaud
Government
 • MayorSyndic
Area
 • Total
15.1 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)
 • Total
309
 • Density20.5/km2 (53.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
SFOS number5540
ISO 3166 codeCH-VD
Surrounded byFey, Villars-le-Terroir
Websitehttp://www.montilliez.ch
Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

Montilliez is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

The municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Montilliez.[2]

History

Dommartin is first mentioned in 908 as Domno Martino villa.[3] Naz is first mentioned around 1200 as Nars.[4] Poliez-le-Grand is first mentioned around 1160-79 as Poleto. In 1225 it was mentioned as Pollie lo Grant.[5] Sugnens is first mentioned in 1177 as Sugnens.[6]

Geography

Montilliez has an area, as of 2009, of 15.07 square kilometers (5.82 mi2). Of this area, 10.13 km2 (3.91 mi2) or 67.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.72 km2 (1.44 mi2) or 24.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.05 km2 (0.41 mi2) or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads).[7]

Transport

The municipality has a railway station, Sugnens, on the suburban Lausanne–Bercher line.

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][4][5][6][8]

References

  1. ^ "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen" (in German). Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 17 February 2011
  3. ^ a b "Dommartin" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ a b "Naz" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  5. ^ a b "Poliez-le-Grand" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  6. ^ a b "Sugnens" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  7. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
  8. ^ Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011