Apples, Vaud
former municipality and village in Hautemorges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
Apples (French pronunciation: [apl]) is a former municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
On 1 July 2021 the former municipalities of Apples, Cottens, Pampigny, Sévery, Bussy-Chardonney and Reverolle merged into the new municipality of Hautemorges.
History
Apples has a long history of settlements. Remains from the Neolithic, the Bronze Age, and the Romans have been found in the municipality. The first true settlement was founded by the Burgundians in the 5th century. It was most likely called Iplingen. Under the Romans this name probably was changed to Iplens and then Aplis. It was with this name that the village was first mentioned in a document, in 1011, when King Rudolf III presented the church and the village to the Romainmôtier Monastery as a gift. The spelling Aples appeared later (in 1222) and the current name came into use in 1328.
With the capture of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Apples became an exclave under the administration of the Romainmôtier district.
“Apples, Vaud” enters the record as former municipality and village in Hautemorges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Apples, Vaud and former can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q43202. VIAF identifies the subject as 3498155648125318330004. Authority coordinates are 46.550, 6.433. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 1011, 1222 and 1328.
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