Moiry () is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges. History Moiry is first mentioned in 1011 as in villa Moriei. In 1219 it was mentioned as Moirie. Geography Moiry has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 55.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.1% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 54.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.8% is used for growing crops and 14.2% is pastures. The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Moiry became part of the new district of Morges. The municipality is located on the right bank of the Venoge river. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Heart Gules, in Chief Gules three Mullets of Five Or. Demographics Moiry has a population () of . , 10.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 34.8%. It has changed at a rate of 36.9% due to migration and at a rate of -2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (191 or 94.6%), with German being second most common (5 or 2.5%) and Italian being third (2 or 1.0%). There is 1 person who speaks Romansh. Of the population in the municipality 71 or about 35.1% were born in Moiry and lived there in 2000. There were 90 or 44.6% who were born in the same canton, while 26 or 12.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 15 or 7.4% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 3 and the non-Swiss population remained the same. This represents a population growth rate of 1.2%. The age