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5 unusual facts about Morges


Athina Onassis Roussel

For her early education, she attended a school in Lussy-sur-Morges (Switzerland), where the Roussels lived in a five-bedroom villa.

Bussy-sur-Morges

In 1961 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Chardonney-sur-Morges to form a new and larger municipality Bussy-Chardonney.

Chardonney-sur-Morges

In 1961 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Bussy-sur-Morges to form a new and larger municipality Bussy-Chardonney.

Heinrich Sutermeister

Heinrich Sutermeister (born Feuerthalen, 12 August 1910 – died Vaux-sur-Morges, 16 March 1995) was a Swiss opera composer.

Nikola Vučević

Vučević was born in Morges, Switzerland and then raised primarily in Belgium where his father, Borislav, played professional basketball.


Adriano De Pierro

De Pierro grew up in the small town of Échandens in Suisse Romande and initially began his career with local club Forward Morges before a move to the academy of FC Lausanne-Sport.

Aubonne

The municipality was the capital of the Aubonne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Aubonne became part of the new district of Morges.

Fernán Caballero

Born at Morges in Switzerland, she was the daughter of Johann Nikolaus Böhl von Faber, a Hamburg merchant, who lived long in Spain, married a native of Cádiz, and is creditably known to students of Spanish literature as the editor of the Floresta de rimas antiguas castellanas (1821–1825), and the Teatro español anterior a Lope de Vega (1832).

Jura foot railway line

The oldest part are the sections opened by the West Switzerland Company (French: Compagnie de l'Ouest-Suisse, OS) in May 1855 from Yverdon-les-Bains to Bussigny-près-Lausanne and in July 1855 from Bussigny to Morges via Renens.

La Sarraz

The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and La Sarraz became part of the new district of Morges.

West Switzerland Company

In May 1855 it opened the line from Bussigny-près-Lausanne to Yverdon and on 1 July 1855 from Bussigny to Morges via Renens as part of the Jura foot line.


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