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Lully, Vaud

Lully
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Coat of arms of Lully
Coat of arms
Lully is located in Switzerland
Lully
Lully
Lully is located in Canton of Vaud
Lully
Lully
Coordinates: 46°30′N 6°28′E / 46.500°N 6.467°E / 46.500; 6.467Coordinates: 46°30′N 6°28′E / 46.500°N 6.467°E / 46.500; 6.467
Country Switzerland
Canton Vaud
District Morges
Government
 • Mayor Syndic
Paulette Perret
Area
 • Total 2.05 km2 (0.79 sq mi)
Elevation 422 m (1,385 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 761
 • Density 370/km2 (960/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Les Lulliérans
Postal code 1132
SFOS number 5639
Surrounded by Chigny, Denens, Lussy-sur-Morges, Saint-Prex, Tolochenaz, Vufflens-le-Château
Website http://www.lully.ch
Profile (French), SFSO statistics

Lully is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.

Lully is first mentioned in 1018 as Lulliacum.

Lully has an area, as of 2009, of 2.1 square kilometers (0.81 sq mi). Of this area, 1.33 km2 (0.51 sq mi) or 64.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 12.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi) or 20.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.5% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 13.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 42.4% is used for growing crops and 4.4% is pastures, while 18.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality was part of the Morges District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Lully became part of the new district of Morges.

The municipality is located westward of the Morges river. It consists of the village of Lully and the hamlet of Sécheron.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Bend Or and a Cross bottony Argent.

Lully has a population (as of December 2015) of 761. As of 2008, 16.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 16%. It has changed at a rate of 10.4% due to migration and at a rate of 6.1% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (566 or 85.4%), with German being second most common (46 or 6.9%) and English being third (19 or 2.9%). There are 6 people who speak Italian.


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