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Faoug

municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
Administrative Area Municipality Of Switzerland Q70559

Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Switzerland
Official website
www.faoug.ch[9]
Official name
Faoug[14]

Location

Country
Switzerland[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 46.902°, 7.074°
Located in or next to body of water
Lake Murten[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Broye-Vully District[2]

Population and size

Area
+3.47, +3.48[18][19]
Elevation above sea level
+449, +477[16][17]
Population
899 (895–905, n=3)[10][11][12]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 895 · 905 · 899 GeoNames 881 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
026[8]
Postal code
1595[6]
More facts +6
Head of government
Martine Herrmann
List of monuments
list of cultural properties in Faoug[15]
Office held by the head of government
mayor of Faoug[13]
Official language
French[5]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory[20]
Vehicle registration plate code
VD[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Faoug en Faoug VD ru Фауг uk Фу zh 富村
🔖 Identifiers · 17
VIAF cluster ID
564145857929923020021
GND ID
1090905157
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Faoug.jpg ↗
External data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch
FactGrid item ID
Eduard Gaertner
Freebase ID
/m/03x_t9
GADM ID
CHE.24.2.21_1
GeoNames ID
7285796
HDS ID
002315
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1684970
OpenWeatherMap city ID
7285796
SPAP ID
p/e6b8f384-0ffe-4e2b-8932-b5a0c2876877
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Swiss Enterprise Identification Number
CHE-114.908.739
Swiss municipality code
5458
Topic's main category
Category:Faoug
Who's on First ID
1125872605
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyWXpX4MDTgWYR9RQdRKd
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Country 1
Switzerland
FactGrid item ID 1
Eduard Gaertner
Instance of 1
municipality of Switzerland
Located in or next to body of water 1
Lake Murten
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Broye-Vully District
Official language 1
French
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
People born here 1
Henri Druey
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Broye-Vully District
← Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 1
Henri Druey
← SNARC ID 1
Zaha Hadid
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Summary

Faoug is a Municipality of Switzerland[1].

Related Entities

Switzerland WikiProject Govdirectory Zaha Hadid

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · Horgner · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → 895, 905, 899
    "Created claim: Population: 899, mass upload (details)"
  2. 20w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag image → CHE Faoug Flag.svg
    "Created claim: Flag image: CHE Faoug Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
  3. 27w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → 449 metre, 477 metre
    Area → 3.47 square kilometre, 3.48 square kilometre
    Located in or next to body of water → Lake Murten
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Faoug, Switzerland
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:فو"
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