Lonay

History

Lonay is first mentioned around 1152-60 as Lonna. In 1177 it was mentioned as Losnay.

Geography

Lonay has an area, , of . Of this area, or 59.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 7.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 32.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 5.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 46.9% is used for growing crops and 1.1% is pastures, while 11.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. It consists of the village of Lonay and the hamlet of Roman.

Most-observed species

• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  7,637
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,682
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,135
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,647
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  3,334
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  3,308
• Common Toad

  Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Amphibia
  2,188
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,165

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.2 — 2024-05-09
  9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland