Montilliez is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Montilliez.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011
History Dommartin is first mentioned in 908 as Domno Martino villa. Naz is first mentioned around 1200 as Nars. Poliez-le-Grand is first mentioned around 1160-79 as Poleto. In 1225 it was mentioned as Pollie lo Grant. Sugnens is first mentioned in 1177 as Sugnens.
Geography Montilliez has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Transport The municipality has a railway station, , on the suburban Lausanne–Bercher line.
Historic Population The historical population is given in the following chart:Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 accessed 29 January 2011
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