Lucens

Lucens

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Lucens
municipality_name = Lucens
municipality_type = municipality
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languages = French
canton = Vaud
iso-code-region = CH-VD
district = Moudon
lat_d=46|lat_m=42|lat_NS=N|long_d=6|long_m=51|long_EW=E
postal_code = 1522
municipality_code = 5675
area = 6.27
elevation = 498|elevation_description=
population = 2157|populationof = December 2003 | popofyear = 2003
website = www.lucens.ch
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neighboring_municipalities= Bussy-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Curtilles, Forel-sur-Lucens, Moudon, Oulens-sur-Lucens, Seigneux, Surpierre (FR), Villeneuve (FR)
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Lucens is a municipality in the district Moudon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

In 1969, the Lucens reactor, an underground nuclear reactor was set in operation in Lucens, and was immediately affected by a serious accident, resulting in massive radioactive contamination of the underground site, which was then sealed.


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