Lavey-Morcles

Lavey-Morcles is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Aigle. The municipality was created in 1852 by a merger of Morcles and Lavey. History Lavey-Morcles is first mentioned in 1016 as A Laver. In 1189 it was mentioned as Laveto and as Lavey. Geography Lavey-Morcles has an area, , of . Of this area, or 18.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 62.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 11.8% is unproductive land.