Saint-Saphorin

Also known as Saint-Saphorin VD, Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux)

Saint-Saphorin () is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located on the shore of Lake Geneva, in the district of Lavaux-Oron.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Saint-Saphorin
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Saint-SaphorinHG.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Saint-Saphorin village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Saint-Saphorin COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Saint-Saphorin Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Vaud
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VD
Swiss town.district: Lavaux-Oron
Swiss town.postal_code: 1071
Swiss town.municipality_code: 5610
Swiss town.area: 0.89
Swiss town.elevation: 400
Swiss town.population: 348
Swiss town.populationof: 2000
Swiss town.mayor: Gérald Vallélian
Swiss town.mayor_title: Syndic
Swiss town.demonym: Les Saint-Saphoriens

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Demographics
Heritage sites of national significance
Politics
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Religion
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Saint-Saphorin () is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located on the shore of Lake Geneva, in the district of Lavaux-Oron.

==History== Glerula or Calarona (from , 'gravel') was a Gallo-Roman village. The chroniclers Gregory of Tours and Marius of Avenches described what is now called the Tauredunum event of 563. A landslip into the eastern end of Lake Geneva caused a tsunami which swept along the lake causing immense damage. Glerula was among the villages which were destroyed. It was never rebuilt. Instead, a new community was founded a short distance to the east, taking its name from the new church there, dedicated to Saint-Symphorien. That name has, with the passage of years, transformed into Saint-Saphorin.

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