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Lucens
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Also known as Lucens VD

Lucens () is a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens merged into the municipality of Lucens.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Lucens
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Lucens village chateau.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption
Lucens village
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Lucens Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Lucens COA.svg
Swiss town.canton
Vaud
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VD
Swiss town.district
Broye-Vully
Swiss town.postal_code
1522
Swiss town.municipality_code
5675
Swiss town.area
6.28
Swiss town.elevation
498
Swiss town.population
2157
Swiss town.populationof
December 2003
Swiss town.popofyear
2003
Swiss town.website
www.lucens.ch
Swiss town.mayor_title
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Crime
  • References
  • External links

Lucens () is a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens merged into the municipality of Lucens.

==History== Lucens is first mentioned in 964 as in villa Losingus. It was formerly known by the German name Losingen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lucens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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