Montilliez

Montilliez
Municipality
Poliez-le-Grand town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Montilliez
Montilliez Show map of Switzerland Montilliez Show map of Canton of Vaud
Coordinates: 46°39′N6°40′E / 46.650°N 6.667°E / 46.650; 6.667
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Gros-de-Vaud
Government
•  Mayor	Syndic
Area [1]
• Total	11.94 km2 (4.61 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2018) [2]
• Total	1,780
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
SFOS number	5540
ISO 3166 code	CH-VD
Surrounded by	Fey, Villars-le-Terroir
Website	http://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. ^[3]

History

Dommartin is first mentioned in 908 as Domno Martino villa. ^[4] Naz is first mentioned around 1200 as Nars. ^[5] Poliez-le-Grand is first mentioned around 1160-79 as Poleto. In 1225 it was mentioned as Pollie lo Grant. ^[6] Sugnens is first mentioned in 1177 as Sugnens. ^[7]

Geography

Montilliez has an area, as of 2009 ^[update] , of 15.07 square kilometers (5.82 sq mi). Of this area, 10.13 km² (3.91 sq mi) or 67.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.72 km² (1.44 sq mi) or 24.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.05 km² (0.41 sq mi) or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads). ^[8]

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: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [9]}

References

1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 17 February 2011
4. Dommartin in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
5. Naz in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
6. Poliez-le-Grand in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
7. Sugnens in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
8. Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
9. Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011