Moudon

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Moudon is a historic town and former district capital in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, known for its medieval old town and location in the Broye valley.

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Moudon canonical 20

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instanceOf municipality ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
town ⓘ
canton Vaud ⓘ
coatOfArmsDescription Gules, a castle argent with three towers ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
distanceToLausanne about 30 kilometres northeast ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
services ⓘ
small industry ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 514 metres ⓘ
formerRole district capital of the Moudon District ⓘ
governingBody municipal council of Moudon ⓘ
hasArea about 15 square kilometres ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent local fairs and markets ⓘ
hasHeritage medieval old town ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance former administrative centre ⓘ
regional market centre ⓘ
hasLanguage French ⓘ
hasMunicipalCode 5687 ⓘ
hasNeighbouringMunicipality Bussy-sur-Moudon ⓘ
Chavannes-sur-Moudon ⓘ
Curtilles ⓘ
Hermenches ⓘ
Lucens ⓘ
Montanaire ⓘ
Prévonloup ⓘ
Syens ⓘ
Villars-le-Comte ⓘ
Vucherens ⓘ
hasOldTown lower town along the Broye River ⓘ
upper town on a hill ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 5000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Moudon railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Église Saint-Étienne de Moudon ⓘ
heritageStatus site of national significance (Switzerland) ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity district of Broye-Vully ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision western Switzerland ⓘ
linked to: Western Switzerland
locatedInRegion Broye valley ⓘ
linked to: Broye
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNearCity Lausanne ⓘ
locatedOnWatercourse Broye River ⓘ
linked to: Broye
officialWebsite https://www.moudon.ch/ ⓘ
partOf Broye region ⓘ
linked to: Broye district
postalCode 1510 ⓘ
railwayLine Lausanne–Bern railway line ⓘ
roadConnection Route principale 1 ⓘ

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