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Sarzens
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Sarzens
Total population
80
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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
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
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
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Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
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Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Vaud
- Brenles0.8 mi away · pop. 144
- Chesalles-sur-Moudon0.9 mi away · pop. 169
- Lovatens1 mi away · pop. 140
- Curtilles1.3 mi away · pop. 308
- Bussy-sur-Moudon1.9 mi away · pop. 186
- Prévonloup2 mi away · pop. 173
- Dompierre VD2.4 mi away · pop. 247
- Oulens-sur-Lucens2.5 mi away · pop. 52
- Chavannes-sur-Moudon2.6 mi away · pop. 238
- Cremin3 mi away · pop. 58
- Neyruz-sur-Moudon3.1 mi away · pop. 119
- Villars-le-Comte3.1 mi away · pop. 153
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
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Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5686
- Wikidata
- Q68677
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771