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Château-d'Oex
Vaudvillage
Total population
3,653
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Château-d'Oex, a village in Vaud, Switzerland, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Population sits at roughly 3,653 according to the open data we track. The settlement sits at 46.474°, 7.130°, a temperate location in the northern hemisphere. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,309 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 51% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta5,604
- Dusky Large BlueMaculinea nausithous (Bergstrasser, 1779) · Insecta4,367
- Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis L. · Magnoliopsida3,682
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta3,552
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta3,428
- marbled whiteMelanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta3,295
- Scarce Large BlueMaculinea teleius (Bergstrasser, 1779) · Insecta2,972
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta2,591
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.6 — 2026-01-124 km SSW of Les Houches, France
- M 4.1 — 2025-07-214 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
- M 3.2 — 2024-05-099 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
- M 3.3 — 2022-09-257 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
- M 2.7 — 2022-08-234 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland
- M 4.1 — 2021-10-0510 km SSW of Evolène, Switzerland
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
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
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Château-d'Oex, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5841
- Population (Wikidata)
- 3,459
- Wikidata
- Q52699
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771