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Bursins
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Bursins
Total population
522
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Bursins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
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History
Bursins is first mentioned in 1011 as Bruzinges. In a record that was written before 1031 it was mentioned as Brucins.
Geography
Bursins has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.6% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 30.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 39.8% is used for growing crops and 3.9% is pastures, while 11.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the wine producing Côte region. It consists of the village of Bursins and the hamlets of Le Molard and portions of Le Vernay.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
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Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5853
- Population (Wikidata)
- 755
- Wikidata
- Q52298
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