Lucens

Municipality in Switzerland
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Lucens Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
	Coordinates: 46°42′N 6°51′E / 46.700°N 6.850°ECoordinates: 46°42′N 6°51′E / 46.700°N 6.850°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Broye-Vully
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Elevation	498 m (1,634 ft)
Population (December 2003)
• Total	2,157
• Density	343.5/km2 (889.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1522
Surrounded by	Bussy-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Curtilles, Forel-sur-Lucens, Moudon, Oulens-sur-Lucens, Seigneux, Surpierre (FR), Villeneuve (FR)
Website	www.lucens.ch ; Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

Lucens is a municipality in Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

History

Lucens was first mentioned in 964 as in villa Losingus. It was formerly known by the German name Losingen.

In 1969, the Lucens reactor, an underground nuclear reactor started operation in Lucens. It soon had a serious accident, resulting in massive radioactive contamination of the underground site, which was then sealed.

The nearby municipality Oulens-sur-Lucens became part of Lucens municipality on 1 July 2011.^[1]

On 1 January 2017, the former municipalities of Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens joined together to become the municipality of Lucens.^[2]

↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 17 February 2011
↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 10 January 2017

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Municipality in Switzerland

Flag Coat of arms
Location of Lucens Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Coordinates: 46°42′N 6°51′E / 46.700°N 6.850°E / 46.700; 6.850Coordinates: 46°42′N 6°51′E / 46.700°N 6.850°E / 46.700; 6.850
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Broye-Vully
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	6.28 km² (2.42 sq mi)
Elevation	498 m (1,634 ft)
Population (December 2003)
• Total	2,157
• Density	343.5/km² (889.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1522
Surrounded by	Bussy-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Curtilles, Forel-sur-Lucens, Moudon, Oulens-sur-Lucens, Seigneux, Surpierre (FR), Villeneuve (FR)
Website	www.lucens.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics