Chavornay

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Chavornay

Total population

4,903

Coordinates46.71°, 6.57°

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

Overview

Chavornay is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Essert-Pittet and Corcelles-sur-Chavornay merged into the municipality of Chavornay.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

J

Jean-Marie Auberson

Swiss musician (1920–2004)

Maurice Glayre

Swiss politician (1743-1819)

Gabriel Despland

Swiss politician (1901-1983)

Jacques Bourgeois

Swiss politician

Laurence Rochat

cross-country skier

A

Adrien Thélin

Swiss politician (1842-1922)

Charles Gleyre

Swiss artist (1806-1874)

Lucien Favre

Swiss footballer and coach

Émile Gardaz

Swiss radio moderator and writer (1931–2007)

Danilo Wyss

road bicycle racer

Alexandre Comisetti

Swiss footballer

G

Gabriel Wüthrich

Swiss footballer

G

Georges-Louis Contesse

Swiss politician (1832-1882)

Pierre Aguet

Swiss politician

R

Robert Bredaz

Swiss politician (1892-1952)

Jean Lugeon

Swiss meteorologist (1898-1976)

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

Nearby places in Vaud

• Corcelles-sur-Chavornay
  1.5 mi away · pop. 353
• Bavois
  1.5 mi away · pop. 921
• Essert-Pittet
  1.6 mi away · pop. 164
• Suchy
  1.8 mi away · pop. 487
• Orbe
  2.2 mi away · pop. 6,601
• Penthéréaz
  2.3 mi away · pop. 386
• Arnex-sur-Orbe
  2.5 mi away · pop. 600
• Ependes VD
  3.1 mi away · pop. 343
• Agiez
  3.1 mi away · pop. 294
• Essertines-sur-Yverdon
  3.3 mi away · pop. 663
• Bofflens
  3.3 mi away · pop. 189
• Orny
  3.4 mi away · pop. 334

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

pleated inkcap

Parasola plicatilis

Seen 2026-10-16

red cabbage bug

Eurydema ornata

Seen 2026-10-13

Yellow-browed Warbler

Phylloscopus inornatus

Seen 2026-10-12

Sloe Bug

Dolycoris baccarum

Seen 2026-10-11

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-10-11

Smooth Snake

Coronella austriaca

Seen 2026-10-10

Southern Darter

Sympetrum meridionale

Seen 2026-10-09

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-10-08

Tench

Tinca tinca

Seen 2026-10-08

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

Official Identifiers