Saubraz

Saubraz
Coat of arms
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Location of Saubraz
Coordinates: 46°31′N 06°20′E / 46.517°N 6.333°E / 46.517; 6.333Coordinates: 46°31′N 06°20′E / 46.517°N 6.333°E / 46.517; 6.333
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Morges
Government
• Mayor	Syndic Bernard Arnoldi
Area
• Total	3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Elevation	687 m (2,254 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	393
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Les Saubrians
Postal code	1189
SFOS number	5437
Surrounded by	Bière, Gimel, Montherod
Website	www.saubraz.ch Profile (French), SFSO statistics

Saubraz is a municipality in Switzerland. It is located in the district of Morges, in the canton of Vaud.

Saubraz is first mentioned in the 13th Century as de Salubra. In 1251 it was mentioned as Saubra. The town formed around a church, which belonged to the Premonstratensian Abbey Lac-de-Joux (L’Abbaye) and burned down in 1251. After Bern conquered Vaud in 1536, Saubraz shared in the fate of Aubonne and 1701 it became a part of the Aubonne administrative district. After the breaking up of the Ancien régime the town was a part of the canton Léman from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic. It subsequently was absorbed by the canton of Vaud and in 1798 assigned to the district of Aubonne.

The chapel which had been built on the ruins of the medieval church was cleared away during the building of a school house in 1899. Today Saubraz is part of the Gimel parish.

Saubraz has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.7 square kilometers (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 1.71 km² (0.66 sq mi) or 46.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.69 km² (0.65 sq mi) or 45.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.26 km² (0.10 sq mi) or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03 km² (7.4 acres) or 0.8% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.7% of the area Out of the forested land, 43.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 32.4% is used for growing crops and 13.0% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.