Apples (French pronunciation: [apl]) is a former municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

With the capture of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Apples became an exclave under the administration of the Romainmôtier district.

It was subsequently absorbed by the canton of Vaud, and in 1798 it became a part of the Morges District.

The scattered villages of Apples span a knoll on the edge of a plateau, located at the foot of the Jura Mountains.

This is in Swiss Plateau, an area full of impressive views looking out over the Morges River valley.

In the western section of the municipality, which is larger by far, there is a glacial landscape of molasse hills with extensive woods and moor-like depressions.

The highest point in Apples is in the forest La Chaux-Derrière at a height of 708 m (2,323 ft) AMSL.

On its western border, the municipality reaches the edge of a former river valley, Grand Marais, which once served as a channel for glacial melt waters from the Rhône Glacier.

The municipalities that border Apples are Ballens, Mollens, Pampigny, Sévery, Colombier, Clarmont, Reverolle, Bussy-Chardonney und Yens.

Apples has an area, as of 2009[update], of 12.93 square kilometers (4.99 sq mi).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Apples is; 165 children or 13.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 154 teenagers or 12.3% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 21.81% of the vote.

Today agriculture is only a secondary source of income for the residents of Apples.

North of the village there is a small industrial area, where, among other things, switchgear and high grade steel are manufactured.

Notably, Logitech, a multinational manufacturer of computer peripherals and software, was founded in 1981 in Apples.

In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential area thanks to its attractive location.

Many of the employed residents are commuters, who work primarily in the cities of Morges and Lausanne.

In the tertiary sector; 17 or 10.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 3.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 16 or 9.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 9 or 5.5% were in the information industry, 7 or 4.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 14 or 8.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 37 or 22.7% were in education and 43 or 26.4% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 240 or 20.7% were Roman Catholic, while 648 or 55.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.

The narrow gauge Chemin de fer Bière-Apples-Morges began running on July 1, 1895, with a station in Apples.

The medieval church in Apples stands on the foundations of a Romanesque building.