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Commugny

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Commugny

Total population

2,508

Coordinates46.32°, 6.18°

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

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City facts

Overview

Commugny is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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History & geography

History

Commugny is first mentioned in 1018 as Communiacum.

Geography

Commugny has an area, , of . Of this area, or 60.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.8% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 14.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 48.8% is used for growing crops and 3.4% is pastures, while 8.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located near the French border.

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Geography

Latitude
46.3182
Longitude
6.1758
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
569,874
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Yellow-legged hornet
    Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
    7,085
  • Eurasian Coot
    Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    7,017
  • Carrion Crow
    Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    6,075
  • Mallard
    Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    5,908
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    5,907
  • Common Wood-Pigeon
    Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    5,843
  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    5,238
  • Great Tit
    Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    5,014

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
191
Largest magnitude
4.6
Largest event
2005-09-08

Most recent

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

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Notable people from here

Nearby places in Vaud

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.59
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,309

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
91
Avg daily Wikipedia views
3
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

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

Events

Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
5711
Population (Wikidata)
2,874
Wikidata
Q57094

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • 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