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Syens
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Syens
Total population
123
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Syens is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & 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.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Vaud
- Rossenges0.4 mi away · pop. 63
- Hermenches0.9 mi away · pop. 375
- Vucherens1.5 mi away · pop. 534
- Martherenges1.6 mi away · pop. 78
- Chavannes-sur-Moudon1.7 mi away · pop. 238
- Sottens1.8 mi away · pop. 210
- Vulliens1.8 mi away · pop. 438
- Villars-Mendraz2.3 mi away · pop. 190
- Ropraz2.4 mi away · pop. 373
- Chapelle-sur-Moudon2.6 mi away · pop. 405
- Peney-le-Jorat2.6 mi away · pop. 312
- Carrouge2.8 mi away · pop. 1,111
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









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