Les Tavernes

Les Tavernes is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres and Vuibroye merged on 1 January 2012 into the new municipality of Oron.

Geography

Les Tavernes had an area, as of 2009, of 2.3 square kilometers (0.89 sq mi). Of this area, 1.65 km² (0.64 sq mi) or 72.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.51 km² (0.20 sq mi) or 22.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.09 km² (22 acres) or 3.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 1.7% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 46.3% is used for growing crops and 24.5% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Tavernes

Tavernes is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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