Les Cullayes

Les Cullayes is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipality of Les Cullayes merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Servion. Les Cullayes is first mentioned in 1359 as Culaes. Les Cullayes had an area, as of 2009, of 2.1 square kilometers (0.81 mi). Of this area, 1.52 km (0.59 mi) or 71.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.21 km (0.081 mi) or 9.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.36 km (0.14 mi) or 17.0% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 13.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Out of the forested land, 7.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 40.6% is used for growing crops and 29.7% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Les Cullayes became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.