Mauraz is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges. History Mauraz is first mentioned in 1324 as Moraz. In 1547 it was mentioned as Moura. Geography Mauraz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 76.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.0% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 48.0% is used for growing crops and 26.0% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Mauraz became part of the new district of Morges. The municipality is located at the confluence of the Veyron and the Morand rivers. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Wall embattled Argent masoned Sable. Demographics Mauraz has a population () of . , 9.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 31%. It has changed at a rate of 19% due to migration and at a rate of 14.3% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (46 or 95.8%), with German being second most common (1 or 2.1%) and Italian being third (1 or 2.1%). Of the population in the municipality 17 or about 35.4% were born in Mauraz and lived there in 2000. There were 16 or 33.3% who were born in the same canton, while 7 or 14.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 5 or 10.4% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 2 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 2 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of 5.8%. The age distribution, , in Mauraz