L'Abbaye

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L'Abbaye

Total population

1,358

Coordinates46.65°, 6.32°

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

Overview

L'Abbaye is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the Jura-Nord Vaudois district in the Vallée de Joux. It takes its name from Lac de Joux Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Josiane Aubert

Swiss politician

Marcello Viotti

Italian-Swiss conductor (1954–2005)

Philippe Rochat

Swiss chef (1953-2015)

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Fabrice Piazzini

Swiss ski jumper

F

Françoise Macchi

French alpine skier

A

Antoine Guignard

Swiss ski jumper

S

Sylvain Freiholz

ski jumper

Jean-Yves Cuendet

Swiss Nordic combined skier

Edmond Audemars

Swiss bicycle racer (1882-1970)

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Nicolas Jean-Prost

French ski jumper

M

Malika Schüpbach

Swiss ski jumper

P

Paul Berthoud

Swiss missionary (1847-1930)

Auguste Reymond

Swiss photographer (1825-1913)

C

Carlo Trinco

Swiss comics artist

C

Christophe Ballif

Swiss physicist

Cyril Miranda

French cross-country skier

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Vaud

• Les Charbonnières
  1.2 mi away
• Le Pont
  1.4 mi away
• Le Lieu
  1.8 mi away · pop. 795
• Les Bioux
  2.9 mi away
• Mont-la-Ville
  4.2 mi away · pop. 328
• Montricher
  4.3 mi away · pop. 933
• Vaulion
  4.3 mi away · pop. 437
• L'Isle
  4.9 mi away · pop. 858
• L'Orient
  5 mi away
• Le Sentier
  5.1 mi away
• Le Chenit
  5.1 mi away · pop. 4,297
• Vallorbe
  5.2 mi away · pop. 4,097

Browse all places in Vaud →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Official Identifiers