Avenches District is a former district of the

Canton of Vaud Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolou ...

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. The seat of the district was the town of

Avenches Avenches () is a Switzerland, Swiss municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, located in the district of Broye-Vully District, Broye-Vully. History The roots of Avenches go back to the Celts. A ...

. It was dissolved on 31 August 2006 and all the municipalities joined the new

Broye-Vully District Broye-Vully District () is a district in Vaud Cantons of Switzerland, Canton in Switzerland. Geography Broye-Vully has an area, , of . Of this area, or 65.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.5% is forested. Of the rest of the la ...

.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011 The following municipalities are located in the district: *

* Bellerive * Chabrey *

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* Cudrefin *

Donatyre Donatyre is a village in the district of Avenches of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Since losing its status as an independent municipality on 1 July 2006, it has been part of the municipality of Avenches.

* Faoug * Montmagny * Mur * Oleyres * Vallamand * Villars-le-Grand On 1 July 2006, Donatyre became part of the municipality of Avenches.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 18 February 2011

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Former districts of the canton of Vaud {{Vaud-geo-stub