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Vandoeuvres

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Vandoeuvres

Total population

2,604

Elevation455 m
Land area4.41 km²
Coordinates46.22°, 6.20°

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City facts

Elevation
455 m
Area
4.41 km²
head of government
Q140235087
Official website
www.vandoeuvres.ch

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vandœuvres is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

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History & geography

Geography

Vandœuvres has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 5.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 55.1% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 37.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other specially developed areas made up 1.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 11.8%. Out of the forested land, 2.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 28.6% is used for growing crops and 7.9% is pastures, while 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.

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Geography

Latitude
46.2214
Longitude
6.2025
Water area
—
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
578,502
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Eurasian Coot
    Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    6,558
  • Yellow-legged hornet
    Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
    5,979
  • Carrion Crow
    Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    5,621
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    5,617
  • Common Wood-Pigeon
    Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    5,563
  • Mallard
    Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    5,470
  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    5,031
  • Great Tit
    Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    4,907

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
201
Largest magnitude
4.6
Largest event
2005-09-08

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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 Geneva

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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.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
279
Avg daily Wikipedia views
10
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Vandoeuvres

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

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Recently spotted species

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

Events

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image