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Avenches Destination Guide

Discover Avenches in Switzerland

Avenches in the region of Vaud with its 2,758 habitants is a town located in Switzerland - some 20 mi or ( 32 km ) West of Berne , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Avenches

Local time in Avenches is now 06:16 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Zurich " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Neuchatel, Ins, Geneva, Fribourg, and Düdingen. When in this area, you might want to check out Neuchatel . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Avenches ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Wishbone Ash in Concert - February 11th. 2011 - Hunziken Switzerland

26:58 min by XHpros
Views: 15100 Rating: 4.89

Full concert of Wishbone Ash, performed in Mühle Hunziken, near the Capital City Bern of Switzerland. Fantastic People, Fantastic Music and Fantastic Concert. After 40 years on the Road, Wishbone Ash ..

Wishbone Ash in Concert - February 11th. 2011 - Hunziken Switzerland - Part 2

29:01 min by XHpros
Views: 13116 Rating: 5.00

Full concert of Wishbone Ash, performed in Mühle Hunziken, near the Capital City Bern of Switzerland. Fantastic People, Fantastic Music and Fantastic Concert. After 40 years on the Road, Wishbone Ash ..


Switzerland 19 (Camera on board) Domdidier, Avenches (Aventicum), Donatyre, Misery to Belfaux [HQ]

8:56 min by Christian Roux
Views: 7268 Rating: 5.00

54865-66 Suisse Drive to Domdidier to Belfaux (canton de Fribourg et Vaud) • Map with all videos "Camera on board" by Christian Roux : www.christian-roux.ch ..

JOACHIM GARRAUD Avenches 2009

4:18 min by casafunk
Views: 2686 Rating: 3.67

ROCK OZ'ARENE 2009 Festival rock d'Avenches, qui se déroule dans les ancienne Arènes Romaine d'Aventicum, qui depuis deux ans le vendredi reçois des DJ. Line UP: Sir Coline Antoine Clamaran Joachim Ga ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Avenches District

Avenches District is a former district of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district was the town of Avenches. It was dissolved on 31 August 2006 and all the municipalities joined the new Broye-Vully District. The following municipalities are located in the district: Avenches Bellerive Chabrey Constantine Cudrefin Donatyre Faoug Montmagny Mur Oleyres Vallamand Villars-le-Grand On 1 July 2006, Donatyre became part of the municipality of Avenches.

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Located at 46.88 7.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Former districts of Vaud

Avenches Castle

Avenches Castle is a castle in the municipality of Avenches of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

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Located at 46.88 7.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Avenches, Castles in Vaud, Cultural property of national significance in Vaud

Aventicum

Aventicum was the largest town and capital of Roman Switzerland (Helvetia or Civitas Helvetiorum). Its remains are beside the modern town of Avenches. The city was probably created ex nihilo in the early 1st century AD, as the capital of the recently conquered territory of the Helvetii, across the road that connected Italy to Britain, built under Claudius.

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Located at 46.88 7.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Switzerland, Avenches, Former populated places in Switzerland, Geography of Vaud, Helvetii, History museums in Switzerland, Museums in Vaud, Museums of Ancient Rome, Populated places established in the 1st century, Roman towns and cities in Switzerland

2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held 29-30 March 2003 in Lausanne (accommodation) and Avenches (competition), Switzerland.

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Located at 46.89 7.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: 2003 in Swiss sport, 2003 in athletics (track and field), Athletics in Switzerland, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Sports festivals in Switzerland

Broye

The Broye is a 68 km long river, in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, in Switzerland. It has a watershed area of 850 km².

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Located at 46.92 7.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Aar drainage basin, Rivers of Switzerland, Tributaries of Lake Neuchâtel

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Avenches