Saint-George
municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Saint-George is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located in the district of Nyon.
History
Saint-George is first mentioned in 1153 as Sancti Georgii de Essartinis.
Geography
Saint-George has an area, as of 2009, of 12.32 square kilometers (4.76 sq mi). Of this area, 2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi) or 17.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.42 km2 (3.64 sq mi) or 76.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 74.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.0% is used for growing crops and 4.8% is pastures and 4.8% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality was part of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Saint-George became part of the new district of Nyon.
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