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Ursins
Vaudvillage
Total population
208
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Ursins is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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History
Ursins is first mentioned in 1174 as Ursi.
Geography
Ursins has an area, , of . Of this area, or 77.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 19.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 69.3% is used for growing crops and 6.0% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipalities of Cronay, Cuarny, Pomy, Ursins, Valeyres-sous-Ursins and Villars-Epeney are considering a merger at a date in the future into the new municipality with an, , undetermined name.
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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
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Vaud
- Valeyres1 mi away · pop. 241
- Orzens1 mi away · pop. 198
- Epautheyres1.2 mi away
- Gossens1.5 mi away · pop. 113
- Gressy1.8 mi away · pop. 139
- Oppens1.8 mi away · pop. 177
- Pomy1.8 mi away · pop. 736
- Cronay2 mi away · pop. 352
- Essertines-sur-Yverdon2 mi away · pop. 663
- Bioley-Magnoux2.1 mi away · pop. 196
- La Tuilière2.1 mi away
- Belmont-sur-Yverdon2.2 mi away · pop. 445
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
- 5932
- Population (Wikidata)
- 230
- Wikidata
- Q70046
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771