Hautemorges
Origin of the name Hautemorges
Hautemorges is a new name, set by article 2 of the merger agreement. None of the six merged communes bore it.[1]
Founding of Hautemorges
Apples, Bussy-Chardonney, Cottens, Pampigny, Reverolle and Sévery form Hautemorges on 1 July 2021. The project first included seven communes, Clarmont withdrew in 2017. Together the six communes cover 3'293 hectares, Apples and Pampigny alone more than two thirds. The arms bear «une gerbe à six épis d'or». Until 2007 these communes belonged to three different districts: Apples to Aubonne, Cottens, Pampigny and Sévery to Cossonay, Bussy-Chardonney and Reverolle to Morges. Their older ties did not match either. In the Middle Ages Pampigny and Sévery depended on the castle of Cossonay and Reverolle on the lordship of Colombier. Apples was an enclave of the bailiwick of Romainmôtier between those of Morges and Aubonne, while Pampigny, Reverolle and Sévery belonged to the bailiwick of Morges in the Bernese period.[1][2]
History of Hautemorges
979. Sévery is mentioned for the first time.[1]
1011. Apples appears in a donation to the abbey of Romainmôtier.[1]
1041. Cottens enters the written record.[1]
1059. Bussy is mentioned.[1]
1141. Pampigny is attested in writing.[1]
1177. Reverolle is named for the first time.[1]
1223. The hamlet of Chardonney is mentioned.[1]
1536. Reverolle passes from the lordship of Colombier to that of Vullierens.[1]
1744. Bussy and Chardonney, until then run by a single authority, separate. They are united again from 1799 to 1819.[1]
1895. The Bière-Apples-Morges railway links Apples and Bussy-Chardonney to Morges. The following year Pampigny gets a station on the Apples-L'Isle line.[1]
1960. Opening of the intercommunal school of Chaniaz, at Reverolle.[1]
1961. Bussy and Chardonney merge, a rare case of a Vaud commune merger in the 20th century.[1][5]
2014-2015. Seven communes launch the merger project.[1]
2017. Clarmont withdraws.[1]
2018. On 28 May the councils of the six communes adopt the agreement.[1]
2018. The vote of 25 November is favourable everywhere: 401 yes to 163 no in Apples, 171 to 25 in Bussy-Chardonney, 164 to 71 in Cottens, 293 to 182 in Pampigny, 103 to 53 in Reverolle and 75 to 29 in Sévery.[1]
2021. Hautemorges becomes a commune on 1 July.[1][2]
Population of Hautemorges
Sources and references: [1][3]
| 2018 | 4'068 (six merged communes) |
| 2025 | 4'426 |
Historic sites in Hautemorges
Administrative seat. The communal administration and the polling office are in Apples.[1]
Church of Saint-Pierre, Pampigny. Romanesque in origin, the parish church of Pampigny is a cultural property of regional importance, like the parsonage next to it.[1][4]
Castle of Pampigny. Built in the 17th century, the castle of Pampigny was bought by the commune in 1836 to house the school.[1][4]
Castle of Sévery. At Sévery a tower recalls the 13th-century castle. The ensemble, with its outbuilding, is listed as a cultural property of regional importance.[1][4]
Mill of Sévery. Recorded since 1228, it now works as an oil mill. It houses the last cold press for walnut oil still in use in Switzerland.[1][5]
Cup-marked stones of the Bois de Duin. These prehistoric stones, on the territory of Apples, are listed in the cultural property inventory.[1][4]
Sources
- État de Vaud, Conseil d'État, exposé des motifs et projet de décret sur la fusion des communes d'Apples, Bussy-Chardonney, Cottens, Pampigny, Reverolle et Sévery, no 181 (novembre 2019)
- État de Vaud, « Fusions de communes en chiffres (2025) »
- Statistique Vaud, « Population résidante permanente au 31 décembre 2025 »
- Office fédéral de la protection de la population, Inventaire PBC, liste cantonale VD (état au 1.1.2026)
- Morges Région Tourisme, page « Hautemorges »
Localities of the municipality with a page
Other villages near Hautemorges
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