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Borex

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Total population

899

Elevation469 m
Land area1.99 km²
Coordinates46.38°, 6.18°

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City facts

Elevation
469 m
Area
1.99 km²
head of government
Jean-Luc Vuagniaux
Official website
www.borex.ch

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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 & geography

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

Latitude
46.3791
Longitude
6.1777
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Vaud

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.59
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,309

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
98
Avg daily Wikipedia views
3
Attention level
Obscure

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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