Bussigny

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bussigny is the name of several places:Bussigny, Vaud, formerly Bussigny-près-Lausanne, Switzerland Bussigny railway station Bussigny-sur-Oron, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

François-Louis de Pesmes de Saint-Saphorin

Genevan soldier and diplomat

G

George de Mestral

Swiss engineer, inventor of the velcro system (1907-1990)

Marc-Emile Ruchet

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1853-1912)

Margareta of Romania

Head of the House of Romania (2017 - present)

B

Bigambo Rochat

Swiss footballer

Henri Dès

Swiss singer-songwriter

R

Rene Mercet

Swiss football referee (1898-1961)

H

Henri Jaccard

Swiss botanist (1844-1922)

C

Charles Marc Secretan

Swiss politician (1773-1842)

Claude Bonnard

Swiss politician (1922-1994)

Princess Ubol Ratana of Thailand

Thai Royal

F

Fritz Zbinden

cyclist (1922-1983)

J

Johann Heinrich Emanuel Mousson

Swiss politician (1803-1869)

O

Oliver Eggimann

Swiss footballer (1919–2002)

Pierre Chappuis

Swiss physicist (1855-1916)

R

Rolf Ziegler

Swiss ice hockey player

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

Nearby places in Vaud

• Crissier
  1.1 mi away · pop. 7,316
• Villars-Sainte-Croix
  1.2 mi away · pop. 666
• Echandens
  1.3 mi away · pop. 2,235
• Bremblens
  1.7 mi away · pop. 487
• Ecublens VD
  1.8 mi away · pop. 13,364
• Chavannes-près-Renens
  1.8 mi away · pop. 9,774
• Mex VD
  1.9 mi away · pop. 662
• Vufflens-la-Ville
  2 mi away · pop. 1,221
• Denges
  2 mi away · pop. 1,631
• Jouxtens-Mézery
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,397
• Romanel-sur-Morges
  2.1 mi away · pop. 478
• Renens VD
  2.2 mi away · pop. 21,408

Browse all places in Vaud →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Seen 2026-10-16

Green-brindled Crescent

Allophyes oxyacanthae

Seen 2026-10-15

Vespa velutina nigrithorax

Vespa velutina nigrithorax

Seen 2026-10-15

Barred Sallow

Tiliacea aurago

Seen 2026-10-15

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-10-14

16-spot Ladybird

Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Seen 2026-10-14

Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

Seen 2026-10-14

Jack Snipe

Lymnocryptes minimus

Seen 2026-10-13

Sedge Warbler

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Seen 2026-10-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers