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 4,880 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH5675”, “Lobsingen”, “Losingen”, “Lucens (munisipyo)”, and “Lucens VD”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lucens Castle and Curtilles Castle.

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is a castle in the municipality of Lucens in the canton of in .

Castle
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is a castle in the municipality of of the Canton of Vaud in .

Railway station
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is a railway station in the…

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 .

Village
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is a former municipality in the…

Lucens

Latitude
46.7084° or 46° 42′ 30″ north
Longitude
6.839° or 6° 50′ 20″ east
Population
4,880
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”
  • Chinese: “吕桑”
  • Chinese: “吕桑斯”
  • Dutch: “Lucens”
  • Esperanto: “Lucens”
  • French: “Lucens”
  • German: “Lucens”
  • Hungarian: “Lucens”
  • Irish: “Lucens”
  • 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”
  • Turkish: “Lucens”
  • Ukrainian: “Люсан”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Lucens”
  • Urdu: “لوسینز”
  • Venetian: “Lucens”
  • Volapük: “Lucens”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lucens”
  • Welsh: “Lucens”
  • “Lucens”

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