Gimel, Switzerland
municipality in Switzerland
Gimel is a municipality in the Swiss the canton Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
History
Gimel is first mentioned around 979-993 as Gemella.
Geography
Gimel has an area, as of 2009, of 18.89 square kilometers (7.29 sq mi). Of this area, 6.07 km2 (2.34 sq mi) or 32.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.66 km2 (4.50 sq mi) or 61.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.08 km2 (0.42 sq mi) or 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.1 km2 (25 acres) or 0.5% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 60.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 20.6% is used for growing crops and 6.7% is pastures and 4.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Gimel became part of the new district of Morges.
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