Geography
Lussy-sur-Morges has an area, as of 2009, of 2.3 square kilometers (0.89 sq mi). Of this area, 1.75 km2 (0.68 sq mi) or 74.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 13.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) or 12.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 58.5% is used for growing crops and 5.6% is pastures, while 10.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality was part of the Morges District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Lussy-sur-Morges became part of the new district of Morges.
It consists of the village of Lussy-sur-Morges and the hamlet of Coinsin, which was known in the 15th and 16th Centuries as Saint-André.
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