Suscévaz

History

Suscévaz is first mentioned in 1140 as Subsilva.

Geography

Suscévaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 82.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.2% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 9.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 76.1% is used for growing crops and 5.3% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  7,355
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,573
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  3,636
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  3,199
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  2,988
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,684
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,573
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  2,372

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, 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 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France
• M 3.4 — 2020-06-23
  11 km ESE of Samoëns, France
• M 4.1 — 2017-07-01
  7 km E of Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland