Morcles is a village and former municipality in the district of
Aigle
, neighboring_municipalities= Vaud: Yvorne, Leysin, Ormont-Dessous, Ollon; Valais: Vouvry, Collombey-Muraz
, twintowns = L'Aigle (France), Tübingen (Germany), Bassersdorf (Switzerland)
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Aigle (French for "eagle", ; frp, Âgllo) is a his ...
in the
canton of Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...
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Switzerland.
It was first recorded in year 1043 as ''Morcles''.
The municipality had 66 inhabitants in 1764, which increased to 84 in 1803 but went back down to 68 in 1850.
In 1852 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality
Lavey to form a new and larger municipality
Lavey-Morcles
Lavey-Morcles is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Aigle.
The municipality was created in 1852 by a merger of Morcles and Lavey.
History
Lavey-Morcles is first mentioned in 1016 as ''A Laver''. In ...
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References
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Villages in the canton of Vaud
Former municipalities of the canton of Vaud
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