Cossonay
Sign in to saveCossonay is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is part of the district of Morges.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Cossonay
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Cossonay - Maison de ville.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Cossonay town hall
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Cossonay COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Cossonay Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Vaud
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VD
- Swiss town.district
- Morges
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1304
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5477
- Swiss town.area
- 8.29
- Swiss town.elevation
- 562
- Swiss town.population
- 2696
- Swiss town.populationof
- 2003
- Swiss town.website
- www.cossonay.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Georges Rime
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Syndic
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- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
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- Economy
- Religion
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- Education
- Transportation
- Notable people
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Cossonay is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is part of the district of Morges.
==History== Cossonay has both Roman ruins and medieval graves. The first documentation of the settlement dates from 1096 under the name Cochoniacum. In 1164, this appears as Cosonai, and in 1228 as Cossonai.