Saint-Saphorin
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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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Saint-Saphorin is referenced by 36 other articles, and connects out to Canton of Vaud, Lavaux-Oron District and Rivaz.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Cultural property of national significance in Vaud, HDS different on Wikidata and Municipalities of Vaud.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux)
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Lavaux-Oron District
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 387
- Area
- 0.89
- Elevation
- 384
- Body of water
- Lake Geneva
- Official website
- www.saint-saphorin.ch
- Image
- Saint-SaphorinHG.jpg
- Dialing code
- 021
- Licence plate code
- VD
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- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5610
- Commons category
- Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux)
- postal code
- 1071
- native label
- Saint-Saphorin
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- Transportation
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint-Saphorin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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