Avenches

Also known as Avenches VD

Avenches () is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Broye-Vully.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Avenches
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Avenches (Town).jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Avenches
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Avenches COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Avenches Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Vaud
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VD
Swiss town.district: Broye-Vully
Swiss town.postal_code: 1580 Avenches 1582 Donatyre
Swiss town.municipality_code: 5451
Swiss town.area: 17.56
Swiss town.elevation: 480
Swiss town.population: 2699
Swiss town.populationof: 2004
Swiss town.website: commune-avenches.ch
Swiss town.mayor_title: Syndic
Swiss town.places: Donatyre

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Avenches
Population: 4875
Area: 19.47
Elevation: 435
Official website: www.avenches.ch
Image: Avenches (Town).jpg
Dialing code: 026
Licence plate code: VD

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Commons category: Avenches
postal code: 1580
P8168: Pröller
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5451

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Avenches () is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Broye-Vully.

==History== thumb|left|Roman amphitheater in Avenches. thumb|left|Roman theatre in Avenches. The roots of Avenches go back to the Celts. A tribe of Helvetians had built a settlement on the hills of Bois de Châtel, south of the later Roman settlement. Nearby the Helvetii seem to have had their capital on Mont Vully as shown in recent archaeological excavation. The canal-La Broye-which joins Lac Morat to Lac Neuchâtel is thought to be Roman in origin.