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Berolle
Summary
Berolle is municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
Berolle is first mentioned in 1235 as Birula. In 1453 it was mentioned as Birolaz.
Berolle has an area, , of . Of this area, or 35.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 61.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 58.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 24.3% is used for growing crops and 2.6% is pastures and 8.5% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality was part of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Berolle became part of the new district of Morges.
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Berolle and there hamlets.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, in a heart Argent two pinetrees eradicated Vert.
Berolle has a population () of . , 8.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 40.4%. It has changed at a rate of 34% due to migration and at a rate of 9.9% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (197 or 92.9%), with German being second most common (4 or 1.9%) and Italian being third (4 or 1.9%).
Of the population in the municipality 69 or about 32.5% were born in Berolle and lived there in 2000. There were 84 or 39.6% who were born in the same canton, while 31 or 14.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 24 or 11.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there was 1 death of a Swiss citizen.
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