Ferlens
Ferlens is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2016 the former municipalities of Ferlens, Carrouge and Mézières merged into the new municipality of Jorat-Mézières.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 331 residents
- Description: former municipality of Switzerland
- Also known as: “Ferlens VD”
- Postal code: 1076
Places of Interest
Highlights include Châtillens railway station and Zoo de Servion.
Châtillens railway station
Railway station
Photo: Abaddon1337, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Châtillens railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Oron, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways. Châtillens railway station is situated 3 km southeast of Ferlens.
Zoo de Servion
Zoo
Photo: Jean-luc Lavanchy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zoo de Servion is situated 3 km south of Ferlens.
Ussieres Château
Castle
Photo: RomanDeckert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ussieres Château is a castle, which is situated 3 km northwest of Ferlens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mézières and Auboranges.
Mézières
Village
Mézières is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2016, the former municipalities of Mézières, Carrouge, and Ferlens merged into the new municipality of Jorat-Mézières.
Auboranges
Village
Auboranges is a former municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2025, the former municipalities of Auboranges, Chapelle and Écublens merged into the municipality of Rue.
Carrouge
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carrouge is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2016 the former municipalities of Carrouge, Ferlens and Mézières merged into the new municipality of Jorat-Mézières.
Ferlens
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, Ortschaft, and locality
- Location: Jorat-Mézières, Lavaux-Oron District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.58886° or 46° 35′ 20″ northLongitude
6.78683° or 6° 47′ 13″ eastPopulation
331Elevation
761 metres (2,497 feet)Open location code
8FR8HQQP+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 240102766OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8533268Wikidata ID
Q68729
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Ferlens” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ferlens (VD)”
- Basque: “Ferlens”
- Bulgarian: “Ферленс”
- Catalan: “Ferlens”
- Cebuano: “Ferlens”
- Chinese: “费尔朗”
- Dutch: “Ferlens”
- Esperanto: “Ferlens VD”
- French: “Ferlens”
- German: “Fellens”
- German: “Ferlens VD”
- German: “Ferlens”
- German: “Ferlyn”
- Hungarian: “Ferlens (VD)”
- Italian: “Ferlens”
- Lombard: “Ferlens”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ferlens”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ferlens”
- Persian: “فرلنس”
- Romansh: “Ferlens”
- Spanish: “Ferlens”
- Swedish: “Ferlens”
- Swiss German: “Ferlens VD”
- Tosk Albanian: “Ferlens VD”
- Turkish: “Ferlens”
- Volapük: “Ferlens”
- Waray (Philippines): “Ferlens”
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