Avenches

Summary

Avenches is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Avenches ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Avenches was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Avenches is located in Broye-Vully District^[4].
• Avenches is located in Canton of Vaud^[5].
• Avenches is in the country of Switzerland^[6].
• Avenches is on the body of water Lake Murten^[7].
• Avenches is on the body of water Broye^[8].
• Avenches's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9].
• Avenches's official language is recorded as French^[10].
• Avenches's postal code is recorded as 1580^[11].
• Avenches's Commons category is recorded as Avenches^[12].
• Avenches's licence plate code is recorded as VD^[13].
• Avenches's local dialing code is recorded as 026^[14].
• Avenches comprises Donatyre^[15].
• Avenches's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.88, 'lon': 7.0398}^[16].
• Avenches's official website is recorded as https://www.avenches.ch^[17].
• Avenches's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Avenches^[18].
• Avenches has a population of {'amount': '+4208'}^[19].
• Avenches has a population of {'amount': '+4282'}^[20].
• Avenches has a population of {'amount': '+4292'}^[21].
• Avenches has a population of {'amount': '+4875'}^[22].
• Avenches's office held by head of government is recorded as mayor of Avenches^[23].
• Avenches's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5451^[24].
• Avenches's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[25].
• Avenches's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[26].
• Avenches's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Geography

Avenches is in the country of Switzerland^[6]. Located in include Broye-Vully District^[4], a district of the canton of Vaud^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Canton of Vaud^[5], a canton of Switzerland^[30], in Switzerland^[31], founded in 1803^[32]. Adjacent water bodies include Lake Murten^[7], a lake^[33], in Switzerland^[34] and Broye^[8], a river^[35], in Switzerland^[36].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+19.46'}^[37] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+19.47'}^[38]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+480'}^[39] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+435'}^[40]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4208'}^[19], {'amount': '+4282'}^[20], {'amount': '+4292'}^[21], and {'amount': '+4875'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Avenches's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9]. Avenches's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[41].

Why It Matters

Avenches ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).^[2] Avenches has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Avenches is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]