Western Switzerland
Vaud
Broye-Vully District

Lucens

Lucens is a city in the Jura region of . It has its place in Swiss history as the location of an experimental nuclear reactor which was destroyed in a partial meltdown in 1969, Switzerland's most serious nuclear accident to date.
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  • Type: Village with 4,130 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH5675” and “Lucens VD”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lucens Castle and Curtilles Castle.

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a castle in the municipality of Lucens in the canton of in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Castle
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is a castle in the municipality of of the Canton of Vaud in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of Lucens, in the canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Curtilles and Cremin.

Village
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is a municipality in the district in the canton of in Switzerland.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district in the canton of in . In 2017 the former municipalities of , , , and merged into the municipality of Lucens.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district in the canton of in . In 2017, the former municipalities of , , , , and merged into the municipality of Lucens.

Lucens

Latitude
46.7084° or 46° 42′ 30″ north
Longitude
6.839° or 6° 50′ 20″ east
Population
4,130
Elevation
500 metres (1,640 feet)
Open location code
8FR8PR5Q+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 155474276
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7286378
Wiki­data ID
Q70110
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Lucens” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Lucens”
  • Breton: “Lucens”
  • Catalan: “Lucens”
  • Cebuano: “Lucens (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Lucens”
  • Chinese: “吕桑”
  • Chinese: “吕桑斯”
  • Dutch: “Lucens”
  • Esperanto: “Lucens”
  • French: “Lucens VD”
  • French: “Lucens”
  • German: “Lobsingen”
  • German: “Losingen”
  • German: “Lucens VD”
  • German: “Lucens”
  • Hungarian: “Lucens”
  • Irish: “Lucens”
  • Italian: “Lucens VD”
  • Italian: “Lucens”
  • Lombard: “Lucens”
  • Macedonian: “Лисан”
  • Malay: “Lucens”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lucens”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lucens”
  • Norwegian: “Lucens”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lucens”
  • Polish: “Lucens”
  • Portuguese: “Lucens”
  • Romansh: “Lucens”
  • Spanish: “Lucens”
  • Swedish: “Lucens”
  • Swiss German: “Lucens”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Lucens”
  • Turkish: “Lucens”
  • Ukrainian: “Люсанс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Lucens”
  • Venetian: “Lucens”
  • Volapük: “Lucens”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lucens”
  • Welsh: “Lucens”
  • “Lucens”
  • “Lucens VD”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Lucens”. Photo: Papillon124, CC BY-SA 3.0.