Moudon
Sign in to saveMoudon (; ; ) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It was the seat of Moudon District and is now in the Broye-Vully district.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Moudon
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Picswiss VD-50-03.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Château de Carrouge
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Moudon COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Moudon Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Vaud
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VD
- Swiss town.district
- Broye-Vully
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1510
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5678
- Swiss town.area
- 15.69
- Swiss town.elevation
- 514
- Swiss town.population
- 4362
- Swiss town.populationof
- 2004
- Swiss town.website
- www.moudon.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Gilbert Gubler
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Syndic
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Twin Town
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- Transportation
- Notable people
- References
Moudon (; ; ) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It was the seat of Moudon District and is now in the Broye-Vully district.
==History== Montmagny was known as Minnodunum or Minnidunum during the Roman era. Around 1100, 1154 and 1180 it was mentioned as Meldun, in 1161 it was Moudon and in 1167 as Meldunum or Mildunum.