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    Avenches (French pronunciation: [avɑ̃ʃ]) is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Broye-Vully. The roots of Avenches...
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  • of Broye-Vully. On 1 July 2011 it was merged into the municipality of Avenches. Oleyres is first mentioned around 1101-50 as de Holeriis. Between 1151...
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    village, or consequently refer to themselves just as municipalities (German: Gemeinde, French: commune, Italian: comune). The Swiss definition of a town differs...
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  • in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Montmagny became...
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    a Gallo-Roman village. The chroniclers Gregory of Tours and Marius of Avenches described what is now called the Tauredunum event of 563. A landslip into...
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  • 4% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Vallamand became...
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  • of Avenches, Bellerive (VD), Chabrey, Constantine, Cudrefin, Faoug, Montmagny, Mur, Oleyres, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand came from the Avenches district...
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  • in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Constantine became...
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  • Vallorbe) 14xx - Yverdon, Estavayer-le-Lac (VD/FR) 15xx - Moudon, Lucens, Avenches (VD/FR) 16xx - Romont, Bulle (VD/FR) 17xx - Region Fribourg to Lake Murten...
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  • in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Villars-le-Grand...
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    2% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Faoug became part...
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    established. Several treaties with neighbouring city-states, including Avenches (1239), Bern (1243), and Morat (Murten) (1245), were signed at this time...
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    in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Cudrefin became...
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    road from the Great Saint Bernard pass via Viviscus (Vevey) to Aventicum (Avenches), the Roman capital. The Romans had a number of names for Aigle: Ala (Wing)...
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    9% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Mur became part...
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    of the 14th Century. It later passed into the possession of the lord of Avenches and the Praroman family. During the Bernese invasion of 1536, both Le Rosey...
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  • water in the municipality is in lakes. The municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Chabrey became part...
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    strategic importance of this place: it controlled major routes such as Geneva-Avenches, connecting the Rhône and Rhine basins, as well as those of Rhone and Danube...
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    German-speaking Europe after 1945) The communities of Porrentruy, Yverdon, Avenches, Davos and Delemont dissolved due to a lack of members. In 1622, most of...
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  • Wikisource. "Bellinzona (Gemeinde)". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in German). 16 December 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2024. "Delsberg (Gemeinde)". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in German)...
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    the Bishop of Lausanne as early as the 6th century, and together with Avenches and Curtilles formed the territory originally owned by the bishop. Since...
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    "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April...
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    Priory church was built in 1100, using spolia from the Roman ruins at Avenches. The small priory community normally consisted of a prior and two to four...
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    Vully, between Lake Murten and Lake Neuchatel, 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Avenches. The main part of the village Salavaux (436 m (1,430 ft)), located over...
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    She stands on a pillar brought from the Roman town of Aventicum (modern Avenches). On 29 November 1354 in her will she asked the city to help found a hospital...
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  • 15-December-2011 Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 (in German) accessed 19 June 2010 Swiss Federal Statistical...
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    from Viviscus (modern Vevey), on the Lake of Geneva, to Aventicum (modern Avenches). Moudon has an area, as of 2009[update], of 15.69 square kilometers (6...
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    water. The former municipality is located in the Broye district, between Avenches and Payerne. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Lion rampant...
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  • "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April...
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    8 November 2011 Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Superweb database – Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Archived 28 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in German)...
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