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Jorat-Mézières

Municipality in Vaud, Switzerland

Coat of arms

Location of Jorat-Mézières

46°36′N 06°46′E / 46.600°N 6.767°E / 46.600; 6.767CountrySwitzerlandCantonVaudDistrictLavaux-OronGovernment

• MayorSyndicArea

• Total1,109 km² (428 sq mi)Elevation

750 m (2,460 ft)Population

(31 December 2018)^[1]

• Total2,873 • Density2.6/km² (6.7/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)Postal code(s)

1076, 1083-4

SFOS number5806ISO 3166 codeCH-VDSurrounded byVucherens, Vulliens, Montpreveyres, RoprazWebsitehttp://www.jorat-mezieres.ch/
Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

Jorat-Mézières is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2016 the former municipalities of Mézières (VD), Ferlens (VD) and Carrouge (VD) merged to form the new municipality of Jorat-Mézières.^[2]

Geography

After the 2016 merger Jorat-Mézières had an area of 11.08 km² (4.28 sq mi).^[3]

Demographics

Jorat-Mézières has a population (as of December 2020^[update]) of 2,968.^[4]

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:^[5]

Heritage sites of national significance

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jorat-Mézières.

The Théâtre Du Jorat is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.^[6]

References

^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 27 April 2016
^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000 (in German) accessed 27 April 2016
^ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.