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Denges
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Denges
Total population
1,631
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Denges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & 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.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
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
Nearby places in Vaud
- Echandens0.7 mi away · pop. 2,235
- Préverenges0.8 mi away · pop. 5,190
- Lonay0.9 mi away · pop. 2,490
- Ecublens VD1 mi away · pop. 13,364
- St-Sulpice VD1.3 mi away · pop. 3,378
- Chavannes-près-Renens1.6 mi away · pop. 9,774
- Bremblens1.9 mi away · pop. 487
- Échichens2 mi away · pop. 2,550
- Bussigny2 mi away · pop. 8,132
- Morges2.2 mi away · pop. 15,228
- Renens VD2.6 mi away · pop. 21,408
- Romanel-sur-Morges2.6 mi away · pop. 478
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
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
Gallery
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