Prahins

Prahins is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipality of Prahins merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Donneloye.

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Place details

Locality: Donneloye
Region: Vaud
Country: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra

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Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Prahins
Swiss town.municipality_type: former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Prahins-coat_of_arms.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Prahins Flag.svg
Swiss town.image_photo: Prahins.JPG
Swiss town.canton: Vaud
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VD
Swiss town.district: Jura-Nord Vaudois
Swiss town.postal_code: 1408
Swiss town.municipality_code: 5927
Swiss town.area: 2.42
Swiss town.elevation: 693
Swiss town.population: 125
Swiss town.populationof: 2010
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Bioley-Magnoux, Chanéaz, Démoret, Donneloye, Mézery-près-Donneloye, Molondin

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Wikidata facts

Country: Switzerland
Located in: Donneloye
Area: 2.42
Elevation: 693
Image: Prahins.JPG
Dialing code: 024
Licence plate code: VD

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Commons category: Prahins
postal code: 1408
replaced by: Donneloye
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Prahins is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipality of Prahins merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Donneloye.

==History== Prahins is first mentioned in 1186 as Prehes.

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