Morges is a common Suisse of the Canton of Vaud, located in the District of Morges, of which it is the Chef-lieu.

Geography

Morges is located at the edge of the Lac Léman, it belongs to the Coast. The city faces the the French Alps of Savoy. Its geographical coordinates are Cliquez on the bond following to see a satellite sight of Morges: Sight Satelitte de Morges (VD) on [[Google Map]]

History

The city is founded in 1286 by Louis of Savoy, lord de Vaud.

It was with the Moyen-âge an important port city of the Lac Léman.

Monuments

• the temple (1777)
• the castle

Museums

• military Museum of Vaud
• Museum of the Swiss artillery
• Museum of the historical figurine
• Museum Alexis-Forel
• Museum Paderewski

Theaters

• Theater of Beausobre
• Theater of the Three P' tits Turns

Demonstrations

• Festival of the Tulip, in spring
• Floral festival “quays of the dahlia”, August - September
• Festival Morges-under-laughter], festival of humor in June
• markets of Christmas, markets selling of the objects, the delicacies of the whole world
• Arvinis, fair with the wines of the area
• Festival of the Port, August 10th and 11th 2007

Twinning

The city is twinned with:

• Vertou (in France) the August 25th 1957.
• Rochefort (in Belgium)

Activities

• Skating rink of Water-Mineral, open in winter
• communal Swimming pool, three basins, open in summer
• Cinema Odéon

Companies

• Rescue of the Lake - SISL
• Chamber orchestra of Morges

Art choral

• mixed Chorus Alphega
• mixed Chorus the mixed Recreation
• Chorus the Gulls
• Chorus Pro Classica
• Chorus of the Gymnasium of Morges

Sporting clubs

• AFC Morges Gangsters, club of American football
• BC Morges, club of Badminton
• CCT Forward Morges, club of Table tennis
• Cyclophile Morgien, club of Cycling
• FC Forward Morges, club of Football
• Forward Morges HC, club of Hockey
• Forward Rowing Club Morges, club of Oar
• Judo - Morges Club, Swiss champion in 2006
• Ming-Ch' uan Kung fu, club of Martial arts
• Morges-Basketball, club of Basketball
• Morges- Swimming
• Tennis - Club

Personalities

• Alexis Forel, engraver
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Musician
• Andre Charlet, Musician
• Pierre Fehlmann, navigator
• Rene Morax, Playwright
• Bernard Clavel, writer
• Alexandre Yersin, Biologist, discoverer of the Vaccine against the Plague in 1894
• Armel Guerne, Poet and translator of Romantic German, Hermann Melville, Lao Tseu, Yasunari Kawabata, and of many others

Transport

• Network of urban bus
• On the railway line Lausanne - Geneva
• Departure of the railway line BAM, Beer - After - Morges
• Unloading dock for the boats of CGN
• Highway A1, Left 15 (western Morges) and 16 (Morges is)

External bonds

• Official site
• Seen Satelitte de Morges (VD) on [[Google Map]]
• Tourist bureau of Morges

Random links:

Area of census of Bethel | Crossing of the Atlantic of the French task force (1780) | Tiger Mendez | Oldman (river) | Luiz Marcelo Morais back Reis