Payerne Priory
Payerne Priory was a Cluniac monastery at Payerne, in Vaud, Switzerland. The monastery is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.Photo: Beckstet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:30 PM
- Type: Church
- Description: church
- Also known as: “Abbatiale” and “Payerne (Kloster)”
- Address: Place du Marché, Payerne, 1530
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ancien Tribunal, Payerne and Payerne railway station.
Ancien Tribunal, Payerne
Courthouse
Photo: Twen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Ancien Tribunal, Payerne is a courthouse.
Payerne railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Payerne railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Payerne, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Fribourg–Yverdon and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways. Payerne railway station is situated 220 metres southeast of Payerne Priory.
Gymnase intercantonal de la Broye
School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gymnase intercantonal de la Broye is a secondary school in Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland. The school serves students living in the Broye-Vully district in Vaud canton and Broye district in Fribourg canton. Gymnase intercantonal de la Broye is situated 690 metres southeast of Payerne Priory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Payerne and Corcelles-près-Payerne.
Payerne
Town
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Payerne is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the district of Payerne, and is now part of the district of Broye-Vully. The German name Peterlingen for the town is out of use.
Corcelles-près-Payerne
Village
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Corcelles-près-Payerne is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Fétigny
Village
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Fétigny is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 January 2026 the former municipalities of Fétigny and Ménières merged into the municipality of Fétigny-Ménières. Fétigny is situated 3 km southwest of Payerne Priory.
Payerne Priory
- Categories: religious community, building, historic site, and religion
- Location: Payerne, Broye-Vully District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.82073° or 46° 49′ 15″ northLongitude
6.93745° or 6° 56′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8FR8RWCP+7XOpenStreetMap ID
way 138305605OpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=churchWikidata ID
Q334091
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Payerne Priory” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Abadia de Payerne”
- French: “abbatiale de Payerne”
- French: “Abbatiale de payerne”
- French: “Abbatiale de Payerne”
- German: “Abtei Payerne”
- German: “Kloster Peterlingen”
- German: “Payerne (Kloster)”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Payerne”
- Italian: “Priorato di Payerne”
- Japanese: “パイェルヌ修道院”
- Polish: “Opactwo Payerne”
- Spanish: “Abadia de Payerne”
- Spanish: “abadía de Payerne”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Payerne”
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