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Montherod is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located in the district of Morges. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Montherod merged into the municipality of Aubonne. Montherod was first mentioned in about 1344 as Monterot. Montherod had an area, , of . Of this area, or 46.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%, while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.6%. All forested land is covered with heavy forest. Of the agricultural land, 38.6% is used for growing crops and 6.2% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 0.2% is in rivers and streams. The former municipality was part of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Montherod became part of the new district of Morges. The former municipality is located on the right bank of the Aubonne river along the road to Col du Marchairuz. It consists of the village of Montherod and several scattered farm houses. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, three Corn Ears Or. Montherod had a population (as of 2019) of 536. , 22.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 21.3%. It has changed at a rate of 17.1% due to migration and at a rate of 5.6% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (382 or 87.0%), with German being second most common (20 or 4.6%) and English being third (13 or 3.0%). There are 7 people who speak Italian. Of the population in the municipality 95 or about 21.6% were born in Montherod and lived there in 2000. There were 154 or 35.1% who were born in the same canton, while 96 or 21.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 93 or 21.2% were born outside of Switzerland.

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Gimel (Vaud)

Gimel est une commune suisse du canton de Vaud, située dans le district de Morges. Gimel est commune du district de Morges, dans le canton de Vaud, en Suisse. Elle située au pied du massif du Jura, sur la route menant au col du Marchairuz. Elle fait partie du Parc naturel régional Jura vaudois. Les habitants de la commune se nomment les Gimelans (ou les Gimelands). Ils sont surnommés lè Dzemelan (soit les Jumeaux en patois vaudois).

Montherod

Montherod est une ancienne commune et localité suisse du canton de Vaud, située sur le territoire de la commune d'Aubonne. Il n'existe pas de trace écrite de la fondation de la commune de Montherod. Les premières traces datent du milieu du . Le village appartenait alors aux seigneurs d'Aubonne avant de devenir un bailliage en 1701. Le , Montherod a fusionné avec la commune d'Aubonne. Georges-André Chevallaz (1915-2002), ancien conseiller fédéral, conseiller national et syndic de Lausanne, est originaire de cette commune.