Chavannes-le-Chêne

Chavannes -le- Chêne

Chavannes -le- Chêne is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Chavannes -le- Chêne is located on 660 m above sea level. M., 11 km east of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The scattered village extends Molassehügelland the northern Vaud Mittelland, the upper east side of the valley of the stream Ruisseau des Vaux.

The area of ​​4.0 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the hill country between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyetal. The southwestern border of the area is the deeply incised into the molasse V-shaped valley of the Ruisseau des Vaux. To the northeast, the communal land extends over a slightly undulating plateau up to the headwaters of the Bainoz (tributary of Petite Glane ). The plateau is in the north of the height Les Rapes ( 698 m above sea level. M. ), bounded on the southeast by the Bois du Mont, on the slope at 720 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Chavannes -le- Chêne is achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 13 % of forest and shrubs and 82 % to agriculture.

Chavannes -le- Chêne to include the south of the village hamlet of La Ruchille ( 665 m above sea level. M. ) and some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Chavannes -le- Chêne are Rovray, Molondin, Chêne- Pâquier, Champtauroz and Treytorrens (Payerne ) in the canton of Vaud and Murist and Cheyres in the Canton of Fribourg.

Population

With 260 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Chavannes -le- Chêne is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 90.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.2 % and 2.2 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Chavannes -le- Chêne amounted in 1850 to 331 residents in 1900 to 384 inhabitants. Thereafter, due to high levels of emigration to 1970 recorded a decrease by almost 50 % to 201 inhabitants; Since then, the population remains fairly stable at 230 residents.

Economy

Chavannes -le- Chêne still lives mainly from agriculture, especially from agriculture, from the fruit growing and cattle breeding. Outside the primary sector, relatively few jobs in the local small manufacturing and service sectors are present. There used to be at Chavannes -le- Chêne quarries where limestone was mined in the 18th century there was a tannery. Some employed persons are also commuters who work mainly in Yverdon.

Traffic

The community is located off of larger thoroughfares on a link road known figure in the Valley of the Broye. By Postbus course, serving the communities of the hinterland from Yvonand Station, Chavannes -le- Chêne is connected to the public transport network.

History

Remains of settlement sites and petroglyphs in the Vallon de Vaux from the Neolithic period show a very early settlement of the municipality. From the early Middle Ages are known tracks. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1334 under the name Chavanes. The place name derives from the vulgar Latin capanna (cottage, small courtyard ).

Since the Middle Ages was under Chavannes -le- Chêne the rule of Saint -Martin- du- Chêne. In the 16th century it was the center of attention. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Chavannes -le- Chêne came under the administration of 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. 1798 was assigned to the district of Yverdon.

Attractions

The present building of the chapel Sainte -Marie -Madeleine, mentioned in 1320, comes in large part from the 18th century; the last time in 1950 renovations were carried out. In the center are some typical farmhouses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.

North of the village, surrounded by agricultural land, there is a Gallo- Roman quarry. He is now a protected monument because it shows traces of digestion, indicating its use for millstone extraction. With some established panels to the visitor is the principle and extent of production of millstones explained and given an insight into the Gallo- Roman infrastructure of the region simultaneously. A portion of the visible traces today comes from a recent recovery period.