Mathod

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

Geography

Mathod is at 445 m above sea level. Level, 6 km west of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The scattered village stretches along the northern edge of the Orbeebene, at the foot of the Jura upstream hills and plateaus, at the outlet of the valley of Mujon, in the Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​6.6 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the northern Vaud Mittelland. The main part of the territory occupied by the intensively farmed Orbeebene. In the south mathod reaches over the drainage channel Canal Occidental to beyond the channeled Thielle. To the west of the municipality floor extends to the height of the Bois de Vuavre (up to 510 m above sea level. M. ). The northern part includes the valley of the lower Mujon and extends into the broad Talniederung the Bey between the foot of the Jura plateau and the Mont de Chamblon. North of mathod, at the height of the Jura plateau is below the court Les Troncs 534 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of the municipality. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 8% forest and shrubs, 85 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

Mathod to include the hamlet of Le Moulin ( 448 m above sea level. M. ) in the valley of Mujon, Les Verne (437 m above sea level. M. ) in the midst of Orbeebene north of Thielle as well as some individual farms. The neighboring communities of mathod are in the north Pittet, in the east Suscévaz, in the southeast Ependes, in the south-southeast Orbe, in the south Valeyres -sous- Rances Rances and in the West.

Population

With 550 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) mathod is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 90.6 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 4.8 % and 3.5 portugiesischsprachig in German (as of 2000). The population of mathod amounted in 1900 to 358 inhabitants. After the population had declined by 1980 to 278 people, a significant population increase has been registered since then again.

Economy

Mathod was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, agriculture (especially vegetable crops ) and fruit production have an important role in the economic structure of the population. On the southern slopes above the village wine production since 1981 again. More jobs are in small businesses and in the service provided. In recent decades, mathod has also developed into a residential community. Many employed persons are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Yverdon to Orbe. The motorway connection Orbe at the 1989 opened A9 is 4 km from the center. In addition, located in the north-east, 5 km from the port Yverdon- Ouest in 1984 opened A5 ( Yverdon- Grandson). By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon to Orbe, mathod is connected to the network of public transport.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1141 under the name Mastod. Later, the names Mastout ( 1235 ), Mathoz ( 1382 ), Mastou appeared for the first time mathod ( 1403 ) and finally Mathoux (1521 ). The origin of the place name is not known.

Since the Middle Ages mathod belonged to the rule Pittet. At the beginning of the 14th century it came to the lords of La Mothe. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 mathod 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. Until 1811 the hamlet of Saint -Christophe was one mathod, after which it was annexed to the municipality of Pittet.

Attractions

The Castle of mathod with two short wings built in the 18th century. The Mittelbau shows stylistic elements of Palladian architecture. Next to the castle there is a chapel. The Castle opposing church has a special feature a tower with a rectangular floor plan. In the center some characteristic agricultural and wine farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.