Vully-les-Lacs
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Vully-les-Lacs | |
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 Flag of Vully-les-Lacs | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Vully-les-Lacs  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°55′N 07°01′E / 46.917°N 7.017°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Vaud |
| District | Broye-Vully |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Syndic |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.15 km2 (8.17 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 3,149 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| SFOS number | 5464 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-VD |
| Surrounded by | Cudrefin, Montmagny |
| Website | https://www.vully-les-lacs.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics |
Vully-les-Lacs (French pronunciation: [vyli le lak]) is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur (VD), Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.[3]
Bellerive is first mentioned in 1228 as Balariva.[4] Chabrey is first mentioned in 1343 as Charbrey.[5] Constantine is first mentioned in 1228 as Costantina.[6] Montmagny is first mentioned in the 13th Century as Manniaco. In 1458 it was mentioned as Montmagniel.[7] Mur is first mentioned in 1396 as Murs.[8] Vallamand is first mentioned in 1246 as Ualamant.[9] Villars-le-Grand is first mentioned in 1246 as Uilar.[10]
Geography
Vully-les-Lacs has an area, as of 2009[update], of 24.35 square kilometers (9.40 sq mi). Of this area, 15.88 km2 (6.13 sq mi) or 65.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.86 km2 (1.88 sq mi) or 20.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi) or 11.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) or 2.3% is unproductive land.[11]
