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Borex
Vaudvillage
Total population
899
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Borex is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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History
Borex is first mentioned in 1213 as Borrai.
Geography
Borex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 76.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 1.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 20.7% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 15.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 62.6% is used for growing crops and 2.0% is pastures, while 11.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains near the French border.
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Geography
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Nearby places in Vaud
- Crassier0.7 mi away · pop. 1,114
- Arnex-sur-Nyon0.7 mi away · pop. 190
- Grens1.2 mi away · pop. 365
- La Rippe1.3 mi away · pop. 1,086
- Eysins1.3 mi away · pop. 1,363
- Signy1.4 mi away · pop. 445
- Chéserex1.4 mi away · pop. 1,243
- Bogis-Bossey2 mi away · pop. 830
- Gingins2.1 mi away · pop. 1,037
- Chavannes-de-Bogis2.5 mi away · pop. 1,077
- Trélex2.8 mi away · pop. 1,390
- Nyon3 mi away · pop. 19,738
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5706
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,133
- Wikidata
- Q52270
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771