Bougy-Villars
Sign in to saveBougy-Villars is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Bougy-Villars
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- PanoramaBougy2.JPG
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Bougy-Villars
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Bougy-Villars COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Bougy-Villars Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Vaud
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VD
- Swiss town.district
- Morges
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1172
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5426
- Swiss town.area
- 1.77
- Swiss town.elevation
- 548
- Swiss town.population
- 429
- Swiss town.populationof
- 2006
- Swiss town.website
- www.bougy-villars.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Syndic
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Essertines-sur-Rolle, Féchy, Mont-sur-Rolle, Perroy, Pizy
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Bougy-Villars is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
==History== Bougy-Villars is first mentioned in 996 as in villa Balgedelco. Starting in 1285 and until the end of the 19th century, it was known as Bougy-Milon. Thereafter, it was known as Bougy until 1953, when it became Bougy-Villars. Originally a wine growing village, by the 21st century, Bougy-Villars had gained a reputation as a scenic and affluent residential area.