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Syens

Total population

123

Coordinates46.65°, 6.78°

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City facts

Overview

Syens is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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History & geography

History

Syens is first mentioned in 1018 as Ciens.

Geography

Syens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.0% is used for growing crops and 10.7% is pastures. The municipality is located south of Moudon. It consists of the village of Syens and the hamlet of Bressonnaz.

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Geography

Latitude
46.6457
Longitude
6.7783
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

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Geography & sun

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

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
19
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

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Recently spotted species

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
5688
Population (Wikidata)
159
Wikidata
Q68684

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

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