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Bavois
Vaudvillage
Bavois
Total population
921
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Bavois is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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History
Bavois is first mentioned in 1200 as Bavoies.
Geography
Bavois has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.4%. Out of the forested land, 15.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 62.8% is used for growing crops and 10.0% is pastures, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. It consists of the village of Bavois, the settlement of Les Bordes (Bavois-dessus) and the hamlet of Le Coudray.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Vaud
- Chavornay1.5 mi away · pop. 4,903
- Penthéréaz1.8 mi away · pop. 386
- Corcelles-sur-Chavornay2.1 mi away · pop. 353
- Orny2.2 mi away · pop. 334
- Arnex-sur-Orbe2.3 mi away · pop. 600
- Goumoens-la-Ville2.7 mi away · pop. 611
- Eclépens2.9 mi away · pop. 904
- Pompaples2.9 mi away · pop. 761
- Essert-Pittet3 mi away · pop. 164
- Oulens-sous-Echallens3 mi away · pop. 532
- La Sarraz3.1 mi away · pop. 1,728
- Suchy3.1 mi away · pop. 487
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Bavois
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5746
- Population (Wikidata)
- 941
- Wikidata
- Q43248
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771