Carrouge

Carrouge is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

History

Carrouge is first mentioned in 1255 as Carrogium.

Geography

Carrouge has an area, as of 2009, of 5.42 square kilometers (2.09 sq mi). Of this area, 3.83 km² (1.48 sq mi) or 70.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.07 km² (0.41 sq mi) or 19.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.51 km² (0.20 sq mi) or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, 17.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 52.6% is used for growing crops and 17.2% is pastures.

The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Carrouge became part of the new district of Broye-Vully. The municipality is located in the Jorat. It consists of the linear village of Carrouge and multiple hamlets. The municipalities of Carrouge, Ferlens and Mézières are considering a merger at a date in the future into the new municipality of with an, as of 2011, undetermined name.