Saint-Cierges
Sign in to saveSaint-Cierges is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Its name refers to Saint Cyriacus, who is the town's patron saint. The municipalities of Chapelle-sur-Moudon, Correvon, Denezy, Martherenges, Neyruz-sur-Moudon, Peyres-Possens, Saint-Cierges, Thierrens and Chanéaz merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Montanaire.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Saint-Cierges
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Saint-Cierges.jpg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- Flag of Saint-Cierges.gif
- Swiss town.canton
- Vaud
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VD
- Swiss town.district
- Gros-de-Vaud
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1064
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5685
- Swiss town.area
- 6.44
- Swiss town.elevation
- 758
- Swiss town.population
- 472
- Swiss town.populationof
- 2011
- Swiss town.website
- www.saint-cierges.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Bercher, Boulens, Chapelle-sur-Moudon, Moudon, Neyruz-sur-Moudon, Ogens, Thierrens
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Saint-Cierges is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Its name refers to Saint Cyriacus, who is the town's patron saint. The municipalities of Chapelle-sur-Moudon, Correvon, Denezy, Martherenges, Neyruz-sur-Moudon, Peyres-Possens, Saint-Cierges, Thierrens and Chanéaz merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Montanaire.
==History== Saint-Cierges is first mentioned around 1145-54 as de sancto Sergio. In 1166 it was mentioned as de sancto Ciriaco.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint-Cierges” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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