Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
The villages of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.
History
Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges is first mentioned in 1171 as Sancti Simphoriani.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, 2.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 80.2% is used for growing crops and 4.0% is pastures, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.
Demographics
Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges had a population (as of 2009) of 453. , 13.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 22.8%. It has changed at a rate of 17.3% due to migration and at a rate of 4.9% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (344 or 90.3%), with German being second most common (13 or 3.4%) and Swedish being third (6 or 1.6%). There are 2 people who speak Italian and 3 people who speak Romansh.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.59 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 54.6% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 135 private households in the village, and an average of 2.8 persons per household.
there were 136 apartments in the village. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 34. There were single room apartments and 67 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 130 apartments (95.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3 apartments (2.2%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.2%) were empty.
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Heritage sites of national significance
thumb|[[Mestral Castle.]]
Mestral Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire village of Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the LPS Party (14.53%), the SP (13.74%) and the FDP (13.46%). In the federal election, a total of 121 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.2%.
Economy
, Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges had an unemployment rate of 1.2%. , there were 31 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 8 people were employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 17 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.
, there were 12 workers who commuted into the village and 142 workers who commuted away. The village is a net exporter of workers, with about 11.8 workers leaving the village for every one entering. Of the working population, 10.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 75.1% used a private car.