Avenches

Avenches
Municipality
Avenches
Coat of arms
Location of Avenches
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Coordinates: 46°53′N 7°02′E / 46.883°N 7.033°E / 46.883; 7.033
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Broye-Vully
Government
• Mayor	Syndic Roxane Meyer Keller
Area [1]
• Total	19.46 km2 (7.51 sq mi)
Elevation	480 m (1,570 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	4,282
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1580 Avenches 1582 Donatyre
SFOS number	5451
Localities	Avenches, Donatyre, Oleyres
Surrounded by	Belmont-Broye (FR), Courtepin (FR), Faoug, Misery-Courtion (FR), Saint-Aubin (FR), Vully-les-Lacs
Website	www.commune-avenches.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

Avenches is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, in Broye-Vully. It was created on 1 September 2006, the village of Donatyre merged into Avenches and on 1 July 2011, the former municipality of Oleyres merged into Avenches.^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 17 February 2011