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Buchillon
Vaudvillage
Total population
648
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Buchillon is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
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History
Buchillon is first mentioned in 1228 as Chanliva. In 1339 it was mentioned as Buschillion.
Geography
Buchillon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 25.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.9% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 20.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 28.6% is used for growing crops and 6.1% is pastures, while 7.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located along Lake Geneva. It consists of the village of Buchillon and settlement of Chanivaz in the Aubonne river delta.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
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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
- Etoy1.1 mi away · pop. 2,860
- Allaman1.3 mi away · pop. 402
- Saint-Prex1.8 mi away · pop. 5,437
- Lavigny2.3 mi away · pop. 897
- Aubonne2.3 mi away · pop. 2,570
- Féchy2.4 mi away · pop. 906
- Lussy-sur-Morges2.6 mi away · pop. 719
- Perroy2.8 mi away · pop. 1,413
- Villars-sous-Yens2.8 mi away · pop. 560
- Lully VD3.1 mi away · pop. 836
- St-Livres3.2 mi away · pop. 538
- Montherod3.3 mi away · pop. 439
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5623
- Population (Wikidata)
- 651
- Wikidata
- Q52291
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