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Chéserex
Vaudvillage
Chéserex
Total population
1,243
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Chéserex is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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History
Chéserex is first mentioned around 1001-25 as Chiseras.
Geography
Chéserex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.5% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.2%. Out of the forested land, 48.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.8% is used for growing crops and 2.7% is pastures and 6.3% is used for alpine pastures. The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains. It consists of the village of Chéserex, the former Bonmont Abbey and the La Florettaz settlement.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
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
- Gingins0.7 mi away · pop. 1,037
- Grens0.9 mi away · pop. 365
- Borex1.4 mi away · pop. 899
- Signy1.5 mi away · pop. 445
- La Rippe1.6 mi away · pop. 1,086
- Trélex1.8 mi away · pop. 1,390
- Crassier1.8 mi away · pop. 1,114
- Arnex-sur-Nyon1.8 mi away · pop. 190
- Eysins2 mi away · pop. 1,363
- Givrins2.4 mi away · pop. 823
- Duillier3 mi away · pop. 1,008
- Genolier3.2 mi away · pop. 1,761
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
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
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5709
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,221
- Wikidata
- Q52777
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • 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