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Denges

Total population

1,631

Elevation399 m
Land area1.66 km²
Coordinates46.52°, 6.54°

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City facts

Elevation
399 m
Area
1.66 km²
head of government
Éric Charmey
Official website
www.denges.ch

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Denges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.

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History & geography

History

Denges is first mentioned around 1107-11 as apud Dangias. In 1164 it was mentioned as Denges.

Geography

Denges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 5.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 45.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 13.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 22.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 30.7% is used for growing crops, while 18.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located on the right bank of the Venoge river.

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Geography

Latitude
46.5242
Longitude
6.5403
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

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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.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
38
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
5632
Population (Wikidata)
1,611
Wikidata
Q68671

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