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Berolle
Vaudvillage
Berolle
Total population
299
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Berolle is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
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History
Berolle is first mentioned in 1235 as Birula. In 1453 it was mentioned as Birolaz.
Geography
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 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.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Vaud
- Bière1.5 mi away · pop. 1,713
- Mollens1.8 mi away · pop. 288
- Saubraz3 mi away · pop. 449
- Montricher3.4 mi away · pop. 933
- Gimel3.7 mi away · pop. 1,921
- St-Livres4.1 mi away · pop. 538
- Saint-Oyens4.4 mi away · pop. 326
- Montherod4.4 mi away · pop. 439
- Pizy4.6 mi away · pop. 65
- Pampigny4.6 mi away · pop. 828
- Essertines-sur-Rolle4.7 mi away · pop. 496
- Yens4.7 mi away · pop. 1,328
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5424
- Population (Wikidata)
- 304
- Wikidata
- Q52258
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771