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Bretonnières
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Bretonnières
Total population
236
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Bretonnières is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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History
Bretonnières is first mentioned in 1154 as Bretoneres.
Geography
Bretonnières has an area, , of . Of this area, or 44.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 46.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.0% of the area Out of the forested land, 44.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 27.2% is used for growing crops and 17.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains.
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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
- Croy1.2 mi away · pop. 321
- Romainmôtier1.4 mi away · pop. 574
- Premier1.5 mi away · pop. 233
- Les Clées1.5 mi away · pop. 176
- Agiez1.7 mi away · pop. 294
- Juriens1.8 mi away · pop. 292
- Lignerolle2.1 mi away · pop. 334
- Montcherand2.3 mi away · pop. 471
- Arnex-sur-Orbe2.5 mi away · pop. 600
- Sergey2.9 mi away · pop. 99
- Orbe2.9 mi away · pop. 6,601
- L'Abergement3 mi away · pop. 249
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 this place
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
- 5748
- Population (Wikidata)
- 264
- Wikidata
- Q52289
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771