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Peney-le-Jorat

Peney-le-Jorat is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is in the south-west of Switzerland, in close proximity to both France and Italy. The villages of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue. Peney-le-Jorat is first mentioned around 1141-43 as Pinoy. Peney-le-Jorat has an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.

Villars-Tiercelin

Villars-Tiercelin was a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue. Villars-Tiercelin has an area, , of . Of this area, or 45.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 46.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.

Montaubion-Chardonney

Montaubion-Chardonney was a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue. Montaubion-Chardonney is first mentioned in 1200 as in Monte Albeonis. In 1223 Montaubion was mentioned as Montalbium and in 1223 Chardonney was mentioned as Chardenai. Montaubion-Chardonney has an area, , of . Of this area, or 62.

Sottens

Sottens is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is known for its radio transmitter for the French language Swiss radio, built in 1931. The municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue. Sottens is first mentioned in 1147 as Sotens. Sottens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 65.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.