Skip to content
EntityQ68923· pop 14· linked from 19 articles

Saint-Cierges

Sign in to save

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.

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

via Wikipedia infobox

~10 min read

Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References
  • External links

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.

On the map

2 mapped locations