Donneloye

Donneloye

Donneloye ( dt date: Niderleuwen or Niderlöwen ) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2008, the merger of Donneloye with Gossen and Mézery -près- Donneloye the new community Donneloye who will join on 1 January 2012, the former municipality Prahins.

Geography

Donneloye is located on 540 m above sea level. M., 7 km east-southeast of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on a terrace on the eastern flank of the Mentue, Molassehügelland in the northern Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​3.7 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the hill country between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyetal. The communal land extends from the Mentue eastward over the Talniederung and the terrace on the right side of the valley of Donneloye up on the adjoining heights below Mézery -près- Donneloye. On the slopes of La Coudre is 630 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of the municipality. In the south, the incised into the molasse valley of the brook Les Vernettes forms in sections the border. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 35 % of forest and shrubs, 58 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Donneloye include some individual farms. The neighboring communities of Donneloye are in the north Yvonand, northeast Molondin, in the east Démoret, in the southeast Montanaire, in the south Bioley- Magnoux, southwest and west Orzens Cronay.

Population

With 744 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Donneloye one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 93.8 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.8 % and 1.3 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Donneloye amounted in 1850 to 282 residents in 1900 to 382 inhabitants. Thereafter, due to high levels of emigration to 1970 recorded a decrease to 245 inhabitants; Since then, a slight increase in population was registered again.

Economy

Donneloye was until the 20th century, a predominantly coined by agriculture village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have an important role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. Especially during the 19th century was Donneloye home to several craft enterprises, among which was a mill, a sawmill, a woolen mill and a metal processing company. Today, the engineering and precision engineering are represented in the village. In recent decades, Donneloye has also developed into a residential community. Some employed persons are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon.

Traffic

The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Yverdon to Moudon that here by the road link Yvonand - is crossed Bercher. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon Thierrens, Donneloye is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first documentary mention of the place was in the 12th century under the name Donna Lui. Later published numerous other spellings: Donelui ( 1142 ), Donnolui (1150 ), Domnolui ( 1157 ), Donneluy and Donneloia ( 1174 ), Domnelaia and Donnelue ( 1177 ), Doneliua ( 1214) Donnellue ( 1228 ), Donnaluy and Dogne Eluye ( 1230), and finally Domnoloia Dompneloye ( 1423 ). The name goes back to the Saint Lucy, who had lived in Syrakusa.

Since the 12th century was a Donneloye own rule; the lords of Donneloye originally came from the family de Goumoëns. After the extinction of the noble family of Donneloye the dominion was divided among different families and experienced as a result numerous changes of ownership until the family Loys - Villardin 1652 almost all the former rulers brought back in their possession. In 1711 they sold their property to Bern.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Donneloye came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon and formed henceforth the seat of a Kastlaneigerichts. 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.

Simultaneously with the fusion community received the new total community Donneloye a new coat of arms.

Attractions

The church of Notre -Dame was built in the 12th century, 1664 was a comprehensive renovation. Today's church with a slim high bell tower dates from 1903 and has taken only the portal and the pulpit and a bell of 1496 from the previous building. The parsonage was 1712 and the school house built in 1893. The south of the church standing Castle of Donneloye, headquarters of Loys de - Villardin family, dates from the 15th century and has a round tower in the garden, which probably served as a dovecote.