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Chavannes-près-Renens
Vaudvillage
Total population
9,774
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Chavannes-près-Renens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois.
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History
The eastern part of Chavannes-près-Renens was already inhabited during the time of the Romans. A bronze figurine, an axe, knives and several iron items have been found from that period. From the Middle Ages until the 18th century it was a rural town focused on agriculture. Chavannes-près-Renens is first mentioned in 1224 as Chavanes. In another document from October 1272 the former bisschop of Lausanne Jean de Cossonay talks about the territory of Chavannes as well as its mills.
Geography
Chavannes-près-Renens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 23.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 9.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 65.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.4% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 27.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 18.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 14.5%. Out of the forested land, 6.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.3% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is pastures, while 4.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the industrial region westward of Lausanne.
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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
Earthquake history
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Notable people from here
Nearby places in Vaud
- Ecublens VD0.5 mi away · pop. 13,364
- Renens VD1.1 mi away · pop. 21,408
- St-Sulpice VD1.5 mi away · pop. 3,378
- Prilly1.6 mi away · pop. 11,609
- Echandens1.6 mi away · pop. 2,235
- Denges1.6 mi away · pop. 1,631
- Crissier1.8 mi away · pop. 7,316
- Bussigny1.8 mi away · pop. 8,132
- Jouxtens-Mézery2.1 mi away · pop. 1,397
- Préverenges2.3 mi away · pop. 5,190
- Lonay2.5 mi away · pop. 2,490
- Romanel-sur-Lausanne2.8 mi away · pop. 3,279
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
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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
- 5627
- Population (Wikidata)
- 7,724
- Wikidata
- Q52714
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771