Bussy-Chardonney

Bussy-Chardonney (Bussê-Chardenê) is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. The municipality was created in 1961 by a merger of Bussy-sur-Morges and Chardonney-sur-Morges. This union also existed before 1744 and between 1799 and 1819. On 1 July 2021 the former municipalities of Apples, Cottens, Pampigny, Sévery, Bussy-Chardonney and Reverolle merged into the new municipality of Hautemorges. Bussy is first mentioned about 1059 as Bussi. Chardonney-sur-Morges was first mentioned in 1324 as Chardonne. Bussy-Chardonney has an area, , of . Of this area, or 81.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 8.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.5% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.6%. Out of the forested land, 6.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 75.1% is used for growing crops and 2.0% is pastures, while 3.9% 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 Bussy-Chardonney became part of the new district of Morges. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale, 1. Argent, a key upright Gules; 2. Gules, a thistle with a leaf Argent. Bussy-Chardonney has a population () of . , 14.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 28%. It has changed at a rate of 16.9% due to migration and at a rate of 11.8% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (297 or 88.1%), with German being second most common (15 or 4.5%) and Italian being third (9 or 2.7%). Of the population in the municipality 65 or about 19.3% were born in Bussy-Chardonney and lived there in 2000. There were 135 or 40.1% who were born in the same canton, while 68 or 20.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 59 or 17.