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Sarzens

Total population

80

Coordinates46.68°, 6.85°

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Overview

Sarzens is a former municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Sarzens, Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Forel-sur-Lucens merged into the municipality of Lucens.

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History & geography

History

Sarzens is first mentioned around 996-1017 as villa sarningis. In 1261 it was mentioned as Sarsens.

Geography

Sarzens had an area, , of . Of this area, or 76.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.0% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 61.8% is used for growing crops and 13.2% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. The former municipality is located in the heights above the Broye valley, between Moudon and Lucens.

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Geography

Latitude
46.6820
Longitude
6.8497
Water area
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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.59
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,309

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12
Avg daily Wikipedia views
0
Attention level
Obscure

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
5686
Wikidata
Q68677

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

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  • • Wikipedia
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771