Coppet

Sister cities

• Maulévrier

History

Coppet is first mentioned in 1294 as Copetum. In 1347 it was mentioned as Copet.

Geography

Coppet has an area (), of . Of this area, or 33.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 62.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 45.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 22.5% is used for growing crops and 5.9% is pastures, while 5.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. The municipality is located along the banks of Lake Geneva on the Lausanne-Geneva road, the Route Suisse.

Most-observed species

• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  7,087
• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,053
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,102
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,956
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,945
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,886
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,270
• Great Crested Grebe

  Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,038

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 3.3 — 2025-05-06
  8 km W of Chapareillan, France
• M 3.2 — 2024-05-09
  9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
• M 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 4.5 — 2022-03-12
  3 km S of Faverges, France
• M 4.1 — 2021-10-05
  10 km SSW of Evolène, Switzerland