Bavois

Bavois

Bavois is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Bavois is located 447 m above sea level. M., 5 km south-southeast of the town Orbe and 12 km southwest of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village is located on the southeastern edge of the Orbeebene, in the Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​9.3 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Vaud Mittelland. The western part of the municipality is occupied by the intensively farmed southern Orbeebene. A remnant of the once great swamp is the Marais des Puits, the old peat bogs are protected. The western border is the Entrerocheskanal. To the east extends the municipality of soil over the slope of Bavois on the northern slopes of the plateau of Gros de Vaud and up into the deeply cut into the molasse valley of the river talent. The highest point of Bavois is 603 m above sea level. M. reached at the height Maladaire south of the hamlet of Le Coudray. In the extreme south, the area extends as far as the brook Crist Allin and into the forest Tioleire that belongs to the eastern part of the Mormont. From the municipality surface 1997 8 % were settlements, 16 % of forest and shrubs, 75 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Bavois include the hamlet of Les Bordes (513 m above sea level. M. ) on the castle hill above the village and Le Coudray (593 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau of the Gros de Vaud as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Bavois are Arnex -sur -Orbe, Chavornay, Penthéréaz, Goumoëns, Oulens -sous- Echallens, Eclépens, Orny and Pompaples.

Population

With 781 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Bavois one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 93.0 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.3 % and 1.4 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Bavois amounted in 1850 to 492 residents in 1900 to 566 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 407 to 1970 inhabitants, at first slow, since 1990 ( 496 inhabitants) was a significantly increased population growth registered.

Economy

Bavois was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing have an important role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are available in the local small businesses and especially in the service sector. There are farms in the fields of horticulture and construction. But most important employer is located in the municipality service area Bavois to the A1 motorway. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the area of Yverdon- les- Bains and Lausanne area.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main route from Lausanne to Orbe. The motorway connection Chavornay at the 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) is approximately 3 km from the center. Bussigny -pres-Lausanne railway line Neuchâtel - - ​​On May 7, 1855 Yverdon section was inaugurated with a train station in Lausanne Bavois.

History

Bavois can look back on a very long urban tradition. The earliest finds of traces of settlement dating to the period around 2400 BC ( the Bell Beaker culture). Other finds are known from the Bronze Age and the Roman period. From the early Middle Ages, some graves date.

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1182 under the name Baioes. Later, the names Baoies ( 1200), Baioies ( 1213), Bavoes ( 1225 ), Bayoies (1270 ), Bayoyes ( 1275 ), Bayoes ( 1359 ) and Bavoy ( 1536) appeared.

Bavois was since the 12th century seat of posts originating from France Lords of Joux. In 1263 they received Bavois by Savoy as seigniory back. In the period 1317-1358 the village of the direct rule of Savoy under stood. In the late 14th century, the market town Bavois was founded as a counterweight to the Orbe. However, the site could develop quite never and was already decaying shortly after 1400 again.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Bavois came to the bailiwick of Yverdon. After the collapse of the ancien régime, the village belonged from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. It was in 1798 the district of Orbe allocated.

Attractions

The Protestant parish church Saint -Léger has components from the Romanesque and the Gothic period. As a special feature, the church has a central bell tower. In the interior wall paintings have survived from the 14th century, a side chapel dates from the 15th century.

From the once two locks of Bavois today is only the Château- dessus on a promontory above the village; Located in the village of Château - dessous was destroyed during the insurrection of the Bourla Papeys (1802 ). The Château - dessus comes in its origin from the Middle Ages and has a round tower. Because the Lord of the Manor was a citizen of Bern, the castle was not taken during the Burgundian Wars affected. After the looting by the Bourla Papeys the building has undergone in the course of the 19th century, an extensive restoration. Today it is privately owned. In the center of Bavois some characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.