L'Isle

L'Isle is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Western Switzerland, located in the district of Morges. L'Isle is first mentioned in 1216 as Chablie. In 1299 it was mentioned as Insula de Chablie and in 1324 as Lylaz. L'Isle has an area, as of 2009, of 16.21 square kilometers (6.26 sq mi). Of this area, 7.78 km (3.00 sq mi) or 48.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.57 km (2.92 sq mi) or 46.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.87 km (0.34 sq mi) or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.04 km (9.9 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 43.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.3% is used for growing crops and 10.5% is pastures and 6.8% is used for alpine pastures. The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and L'Isle became part of the new district of Morges.