Payerne

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Payerne

Total population

10,545

Coordinates46.82°, 6.94°

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

Overview

Payerne is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the district of Payerne, and is now part of the district of Broye-Vully. The German name Peterlingen for the town is out of use.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Pascal Corminboeuf

Swiss politician

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Frédéric Chassot

Swiss footballer

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Adolphe Jordan

Swiss politician (1845-1900)

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Annik Marguet

sport shooter

Rodolphe Rubattel

Swiss politician (1896–1961)

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Joël Corminbœuf

Swiss footballer

Julien Sprunger

Swiss ice hockey player

Dominic Jaquet

Swiss priest and theologian (1843-1931)

Pierre Rossier

Swiss photographer (1829–1886)

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Louis-Samuel Roulet

Swiss politician (1877-1955)

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Jeannot de Crousaz

Swiss politician (1822-1883)

Marc Moret

Swiss manager (1923-2006)

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Oscar Rapin

Swiss university teacher (1847-1902)

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Jean-Louis Perret

Swiss translator (1895-1968)

Joseph Chuard

Swiss politician (1870-1935)

Louise Cornaz

Swiss writer (1850-1914)

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

Nearby places in Vaud

• Corcelles-près-Payerne
  1.4 mi away · pop. 1,644
• Grandcour
  3.6 mi away · pop. 1,004
• Trey
  3.6 mi away · pop. 314
• Missy
  4.3 mi away · pop. 336
• Granges-près-Marnand
  4.6 mi away · pop. 1,146
• Marnand
  4.8 mi away · pop. 145
• Sassel
  4.9 mi away · pop. 148
• Sédeilles
  5 mi away · pop. 144
• Chevroux
  5 mi away · pop. 494
• Oleyres
  5.2 mi away · pop. 240
• Henniez
  6 mi away · pop. 230
• Villars-le-Grand
  6.3 mi away · pop. 275

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.

Books about Payerne

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

Seen 2026-09-24

Indian-Meal Moth

Plodia interpunctella

Seen 2026-09-24

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-24

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-09-23

porcelain mushroom

Oudemansiella mucida

Seen 2026-09-22

Box Tree Moth

Cydalima perspectalis

Seen 2026-09-20

Mottled Stink Bug

Rhaphigaster nebulosa

Seen 2026-09-20

Willow Beauty

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Seen 2026-09-20

House Jumping Spider

Pseudeuophrys lanigera

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers